Algan

Full-featured 2D/3D programmatic animation engine for explanatory mathematics and technical videos.

Algan is designed to be a successor to Manim with full-featured 3-D raytracing capabilities.

As seen on AlgorithmicSimplicity.

Key Features

• Manim Feature Parity: Everything you know and love from Manim.
• GPU Ray Tracing: High-fidelity optical effects including depth of field, area lights, glossy reflections, refractive glass, and soft shadows.
• Declarative Timeline Contexts: Intuitive animation staging with Seq(), Sync(), Lag(), Off(), and Speech() blocks makes animation code modular and re-usable.
• Unified 2D/3D Geometry: Seamless morphing and interpolation between 2D Bézier circuits and 3D meshes with become().
• Audio & Speech Alignment: Automatic word-level forced alignment to synchronize on-screen animations with narration.

Installation

pip install algan

For installing optional extra features (GPU acceleration, LaTeX for formulas, speech), see the Installation Guide.

Quickstart

Save this script as scene.py:

from algan import *

# 1. Make 3-D objects with physical materials
sphere = Sphere(color=BLUE, radius=1.2)
sphere.set_material(
    MeshPhysicalMaterial(
        roughness=0.15,
        metalness=0.1,
        clearcoat=1.0,
        clearcoat_roughness=0.08,
    )
)

# 2. Define animation timeline with contexts
sphere.spawn()
with Sync(runtime=2):
    sphere.move(RIGHT * 2)
    sphere.rotate(180, OUT, about=ORIGIN)
    sphere.color = RED

# 3. Render video
Scene.save_video("quickstart.mp4")

Run with Python or the Algan CLI:

# Using python
python scene.py

# Using the algan CLI
algan render scene.py

The output video will be written to algan_outputs/quickstart.mp4.

Documentation

• Documentation: https://algorithmicsimplicity.github.io/algan
• Tutorials: New User Tutorials
• Discord Community: Join our Discord
• Issue Tracker: GitHub Issues

License

Algan is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE). Copyright © Algorithmic Simplicity.