# Show HN: ArXivMax – visual explainers for any research paper

> Source: <https://www.arxivmax.com/>
> Published: 2026-07-23 14:16:01+00:00

have a bad habit of bookmarking arXiv papers and never getting around to them. So I built arXivMax to make it easier to go through them.

Think 3Blue1Brown-style video explainers (it uses the same OSS Manim engine underneath for the visuals: [https://github.com/manimCommunity/manim](https://github.com/manimCommunity/manim)) generated for any arXiv paper.

No, this isn't to replace paper reading entirely, but it's a great passive listen in the background while you're vibe-coding/tokenmaxxing/washing the dishes.

Here's one on the 2020 DDPM paper that popularized the Diffusion architecture: [https://www.arxivmax.com/papers/2006.11239](https://www.arxivmax.com/papers/2006.11239)

For now it's completely free to use until I run out of tokens (thank Codex for having an insanely subsidized monthly token plan!)

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022010](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022010)

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