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Is Manim free for commercial use?

Yes. Manim is free, and its license allows commercial use.

“to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software” github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE

Read on the official page github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE on Oct 21, 2026. Not legal advice: terms change, check the page before you ship.

Price
Free
Free and open source under the MIT license
Commercial use
Yes
MIT License
Credit the author
Not needed
No credit needed

Do you need to credit Manim?

No credit needed. You can use it without naming the source.

“The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.” github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE

Can you ship Manim content inside an app or game?

Can ship inside your app.

Same clause as quoted for commercial use.

Rules to follow

  • Keep the MIT copyright and permission notice (LICENSE) in any copies or substantial portions of the code you distribute.
  • Install the community edition (manim on PyPI) and not 3b1b/manim; their instructions differ.
  • Render videos locally with the manim CLI, e.g. manim -ql file.py SceneName.
  • Cite Manim in research work when appropriate, as the README asks.

Rules for your agent

- Manim (Video assembly and rendering). Community-maintained Python animation engine for programmatically creating explanatory math videos. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: PyPI manim.
  Rule: Keep the MIT copyright and permission notice (LICENSE) in any copies or substantial portions of the code you distribute.
  Rule: Install the community edition (manim on PyPI) and not 3b1b/manim; their instructions differ.
  Rule: Render videos locally with the manim CLI, e.g. manim -ql file.py SceneName.
  Rule: Cite Manim in research work when appropriate, as the README asks.
  License: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/manim/)

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