

Mscene¶
A Python library for creating science animations with Manim in Google Colab.
Manim is an animation engine designed to program precise animations for science videos. Google Colab (Colaboratory) is a hosted Jupyter Notebook service that requires no setup and provides free access to computing resources, including GPUs and TPUs.
Manim
The Manim Community Developers. Manim — Mathematical Animation Framework [Software].
Docs
Scenes
Plugins
Quickstart¶
Manim in Colab¶
Create a new Colab notebook at colab.new and run the cells below.
%pip install -q mscene
import mscene
%mscene -h
Install Manim
%mscene -l manim
Import Manim
from mscene.manim import *
%%manim -qm ExampleScene
class ExampleScene(Scene):
def construct(self):
banner = ManimBanner()
self.play(banner.create())
self.play(banner.expand())
self.wait(1.5)
Mscene Plugins¶
Plugins extend Manim with additional features.
%mscene plugins
from mscene.plugins import *
%%manim -qm FractalScene
class FractalScene(Scene):
def construct(self):
ks = KochSnowflake(level=2)
self.add(ks)
self.play(ks.animate.next_level())
self.wait(1.5)
self.play(ks.animate.prev_level())
self.wait(1.5)