Show HN: ManimGX – Manim's API on a Rust/wgpu engine, for 3D videos in Python

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.

Video as code took off with the Opus 5.5 release. People now make videos by writing code, with Remotion, HyperFrames and others. We wanted the same for 3D videos. You can use something like Blender, but it's heavy to install and slow to render. So we made ManimGX: - Lightweight: a 65–110 MB download, depending on the OS - Easy to install: pip install manimgx Python 3.13+ , with no system dependencies - Cross-platform: macOS, Windows and Linux, and even the browser via Pyodide and WebGPU - Blazingly fast: a Rust + wgpu engine, 90.6× faster than Manim CE and 18.7× faster than Blender Workbench, from launch to finished MP4 - Compatible with Manim Community Edition's API, with LaTeX and Typst math built in Now it's much easier for anyone with a coding agent to make 3D computer graphics videos. Repo: https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx Docs: https://manimgx.academa.ai https://manimgx.academa.ai X post: https://x.com/sinaatalay/status/2109045945149395421 https://x.com/sinaatalay/status/2109045945149395421 Happy to answer any questions Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037852 Points: 1 Comments: 0