{"slug": "show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python", "title": "Show HN: ManimGX – Manim's API on a Rust/wgpu engine, for 3D videos in Python", "summary": "Academa Labs released ManimGX, a Rust and wgpu engine that runs Manim Community Edition's Python API for 3D video rendering, claiming it is 90.6× faster than Manim CE and 18.7× faster than Blender Workbench from launch to finished MP4. The tool installs via pip install manimgx on Python 3.13+, ships as a 65–110 MB download with no system dependencies, and runs on macOS, Windows, Linux and in the browser via Pyodide and WebGPU, with LaTeX and Typst math built in.", "body_md": "Video as code took off with the Opus 5.5 release. People now make videos by writing code, with Remotion, HyperFrames and others.\n\nWe wanted the same for 3D videos. You can use something like Blender, but it's heavy to install and slow to render.\n\nSo we made ManimGX:\n\n- Lightweight: a 65–110 MB download, depending on the OS\n\n- Easy to install: pip install manimgx (Python 3.13+), with no system dependencies\n\n- Cross-platform: macOS, Windows and Linux, and even the browser via Pyodide and WebGPU\n\n- Blazingly fast: a Rust + wgpu engine, 90.6× faster than Manim CE and 18.7× faster than Blender Workbench, from launch to finished MP4\n\n- Compatible with Manim Community Edition's API, with LaTeX and Typst math built in\n\nNow it's much easier for anyone with a coding agent to make 3D computer graphics videos.\n\nRepo: [https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx](https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx)\n\nDocs: [https://manimgx.academa.ai](https://manimgx.academa.ai)\n\nX post: [https://x.com/sinaatalay/status/2109045945149395421](https://x.com/sinaatalay/status/2109045945149395421)\n\nHappy to answer any questions!\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037852](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037852)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx", "published_at": "2026-10-10 22:33:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-10 22:48:56.926615+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["ManimGX", "Academa Labs", "Manim Community Edition", "Blender", "Rust", "wgpu", "Pyodide", "WebGPU"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-manimgx-manim-s-api-on-a-rust-wgpu-engine-for-3d-videos-in-python.jsonld"}}