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Version: 0.3.0

Python API

murali-engine is the Python runtime, imported as murali_engine. It is a designed authoring surface, not a mechanical dump of every Rust type.

Write scenes in Python. For themes, named colors, and teaching views, also install Murali Kit.

from murali_engine import Scene, Circle, Label, Timeline
from murali_kit.colors import GREEN_D, WHITE
from murali_kit.themes import DarkTheme, apply_theme

scene = apply_theme(Scene(), DarkTheme())

title = scene.add(Label("Hello Shapes", height=0.38, color=WHITE), at=(0, 2.8, 0))
circle = scene.add(
    Circle(radius=0.7, color=GREEN_D, segments=48).with_stroke(0.04, WHITE),
    at=(-1.8, 0.4, 0),
)

timeline = Timeline()
timeline.animate(title).at(0.0).for_duration(0.5).typewrite_text().spawn()
timeline.animate(circle).at(0.2).for_duration(0.8).ease("out_cubic").move_to((-0.2, 0.4, 0)).spawn()
scene.play(timeline)
scene.save_png("hello_shapes.png", width=960)

Authoring conventions​

  • keyword constructors for common fields (Circle(radius=0.7, color=...))
  • chainable with_* methods that return the same object
  • positions as (x, y, z) tuples
  • colors as (r, g, b, a) tuples; names in murali_kit.colors
  • scene.add(...) returns a handle; animate that handle
  • ease names are strings: linear, in_quad, out_quad, in_out_quad, in_cubic, out_cubic, in_out_cubic

Scene and output​

Scene()
Scene(frame="landscape" | "portrait" | "square")
scene.to_edge(handle, "up", margin=0.8)
scene.next_to(a, b, "right", padding)
scene.align_to(a, b, "center")
scene.set_view_width(16.0)
scene.set_camera(...)
scene.set_perspective_camera(fov_y_degrees, near, far)
scene.hide(handle) / scene.show(handle)
scene.play(timeline)
scene.preview()
scene.preview(auto_close=True, hold=3.0)
scene.save_png(path, width=None, fps=None, duration=None)
scene.export_video(path, width=None, fps=None, duration=None, preserve_frames=False)

preview(), save_png(), export_video(), and export() consume the scene.

Timeline​

timeline.animate(handle).at(t).for_duration(d).ease("out_cubic").move_to((x, y, z)).spawn()

Verbs include appear, draw, undraw, move_to, rotate_to, rotate_xyz, scale_to, fade_to, typewrite_text, untypewrite_text, reveal_text, hide_text, indicate, morph_from, table and surface write/unwrite, plus play_signal, animate_camera_frame, zoom_camera, call_during, call_at, and wait_until.

Always .spawn().

Engine objects​

Core types currently on murali_engine:

Scene, Timeline, Label, Letter3D, LetterParticles3D, Circle, Square, Rectangle, RoundedRectangle, ChatBubble, Polygon, Line, Arrow, Path, ParticleBelt, CodeBlock, Latex, Typst, Axes, NumberLine, NumberPlane, TracedPath, Table, Axes3D, ParametricCurve3D, ParametricSurface, Prop3D, SceneView, EquationLayout, EquationPart, Matrix.

with_stroke(...), with_color(...), and other with_* methods return self.

Kit-shaped leftovers​

These still import from murali_engine for compatibility. Prefer kit once you are in murali-kit:

  • ContextBlock / ContextWindow → murali_kit.ai
  • OptimizationPath2D → murali_kit.maths
  • SignalFlow — still the engine tattva until kit is the default

Named colors are not engine exports.

Install​

python3 -m pip install murali-engine==0.3.0
python3 -m pip install murali-kit==0.3.0

Prebuilt wheels cover macOS arm64 and x86_64, Linux x86_64 and aarch64, and Windows x86_64. Those installs do not need a local Rust toolchain. Other platforms can still build from the source distribution if Rust 1.85+ is available.

Local engine development from this repository:

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/python -m pip install maturin
.venv/bin/maturin develop --features python
.venv/bin/python python/examples/hello_shapes.py

Release wheels are built in CI. Pushing a v* tag publishes them to PyPI. The Rust crate is published with cargo publish. See RELEASE.md.