Install¶

Watch the whole install, from an empty folder to asking Claude Code for a video, in about two minutes. More about this video.

Requirements¶

• Python 3.11 or newer, and uv or pip
• System libraries for Manim's text rendering:

Installation¶

Install it from PyPI, with the default Kokoro voice, using either uv or pip:

uv tool install "manimvox[kokoro]"     # with uv: its own environment, on your PATH
pip install "manimvox[kokoro]"         # with pip: best inside a virtual environment
manimvox doctor

manimvox doctor checks the system libraries, fonts and voice engines, and names the command that fixes anything missing. The first run can take a few minutes while Pango builds its font cache.

Add more voices by installing again with the extras you want, keeping kokoro:

uv tool install --force "manimvox[kokoro,piper]"     # with uv
pip install "manimvox[kokoro,piper]"                 # with pip

The development version installs from GitHub: uv tool install "manimvox[kokoro] @ git+https://github.com/LaplacianAI/manimvox", or the same with pip install.