Manim current status and contribution guidelines · 3b1b/manim

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Description

Hello everyone, I will explain the current status of manim in this issue.

Now there are three main manim versions, and their differences:

The master branch of 3b1b/manim: Rendering on GPU using OpenGL and moderngl. Support interaction and have higher efficiency.
ManimCommunity/manim: (@ManimCommunity is being improved and will be released on pypi) Using multiple backend rendering. There is better documentation and a more open contribution community.
The cairo-backend branch of 3b1b/manim: Rendering on the CPU using cairo. Relatively stable, no longer be developed.

If you want to contribute to manim:

The master branch of 3b1b/manim: See https://3b1b.github.io/manim/development/contributing.html
ManimCommunity/manim accepts a wider range of new features and pull requests.
manim-kindergarten/manim_sandbox has a lot of new common classes in the utils/ folder, and accepts pull requests.

Lastly, thank you very much for using manim and willing to contribute. Enjoy yourself ! 😄

Contributor guide

Research direction: Read the linked contribution guidelines for each Manim version to understand where to contribute.
Tech stack: python
Domain: documentation
Issue type: Documentation
Difficulty: 1
Estimated time: Under 1 hour
Activity status: Active
Clarity: Clear
Prerequisites: Git
Newbie friendliness: 90