manim-databases

A Manim plugin for animating database concepts: tables, B-trees, indexes, query execution plans, WAL, replication topologies, lock contention, and more.

Built for educators, content creators, and database tooling developers who want to explain how databases actually work.

Features

• MTable — animated database table with insert, update, delete, and per-row highlighting

• MBTree — B-tree with search path animation, smooth insert, and cascading splits

• Style variants — every mobject ships with DEFAULT, BLUE, PURPLE, and GREEN styles

• Stubs for MIndex, MQueryPlan, MWal, MReplicationTopology, and MLock — coming in future releases

Contents

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Install from PyPI
  • Plugin registration
  • Development install
• Quick Start
  • MTable — animated database table
  • MBTree — search and insert
  • Style variants
• API Reference
  • Mobjects
  • Styles
• Examples
  • 01 — Table basics
  • 02 — B-tree search and insert
  • 03 — Index lookup
  • 04 — Query execution plan
  • 05–06 — Stubs

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page