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Show HN: Manim (3Blue1Brown's animation engine) in the browser via WebGPU

https://studio.academa.ai/
13•sinaatalay•1h ago
Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) created Manim, the Python library he uses to make the math animations in his videos.

We reimplemented Manim with the same Python API, but the implementation underneath is Rust, connected to Python through PyO3. The Rust code uses wgpu, so rendering happens on the GPU.

To run it in the browser, we compiled the Rust parts to WebAssembly so the PyO3 extension loads in Pyodide. In the browser, wgpu targets the WebGPU API, so animations render in real time on your GPU through the browser.

The editor is Monaco (the editor that powers VS Code) with a live preview: write your Manim code on one side, watch the animation update on the other.

There's also a built-in AI agent if you'd rather vibe-code your animations.

Comments

arecsu•29m ago
This is very cool!! I'm also mesmerized about the opening animation that transforms the interface of the editor to a complete viewport state. For some reason is pretty laggy on Chrome (macbook air M1) but Firefox is super smooth. Besides that, awesome idea :)
sinaatalay•9m ago
Thank you! We simply mount the entire app inside the landing page, but rotate and scale it down. When the page opens, it smoothly animates into full screen using CSS transitions.
emrekmz•25m ago
Great work! This can go huge
sinaatalay•8m ago
Thank you!
iamleppert•17m ago
All of the examples besides the first one that is itself underwhelming are behind a paywall. For all we know it could be pre-recorded. Hard pass.
sinaatalay•7m ago
You can use the editor however you like without signing up. The examples are simply sample prompts for the AI, but you can paste in any Manim code to editor from ChatGPT or anywhere else, and the preview will render it instantly.

Downloading videos is completely free. Only the AI-powered features are behind the paywall, and there's a 7-day free trial.

We'll put more pre-written examples, thank you!

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