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

Category: devtools

Tags: manim, animation, rust, wgpu, webgpu, 3d, python, rendering

Score: 8.3/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 9, Utility: 7)

ManimGX is a Python animation engine that reimplements Manim CE's API on a Rust/wgpu rendering backend, enabling dramatically faster 3D rendering (up to 90x faster than ManimCE). It supports browser-based rendering via WebGPU and Pyodide, making it accessible for web embedding and AI agent workflows.

Target audience: educators, content creators, Python developers, AI agents

Repository: https://github.com/academa-labs/manimgx · Python · MIT · 1998 stars

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