Dev rewrites manim in pure Rust: one 13MB binary vs 11GB, much faster
doodlestein · x · 2026-10-07
Developer doodlestein rewrote 3Blue1Brown's manim animation project in pure Rust as FrankenManim: a single 13MB binary — just 0.12% of the original 11GB footprint — and much faster, with a demo video rendered using it. He suggested 3Blue1Brown check it out to save time.
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