diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/manim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/manim/default.nix
index 5da81eff50e6..edc084ef6a0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/manim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/manim/default.nix
@@ -1,64 +1,134 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder, file, fetchpatch
-, cairo, ffmpeg, sox, xdg-utils, texlive
-, colour, numpy, pillow, progressbar, scipy, tqdm, opencv , pycairo, pydub
-, pbr, fetchPypi
-}:
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "manim";
-  version = "0.1.10";
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "manimlib";
-    inherit version;
-    sha256 = "0vg9b3rwypq5zir74pi0pmj47yqlcg7hrvscwrpjzjbqq2yihn49";
+, cairo
+, ffmpeg
+, texlive
+
+, python3
+}:
+
+let
+  # According to ManimCommunity documentation manim uses tex-packages packaged
+  # in a custom distribution called "manim-latex",
+  #
+  #   https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/manim-latex#files
+  #
+  # which includes another cutom distribution called tinytex, for which the
+  # package list can be found at
+  #
+  #   https://github.com/yihui/tinytex/blob/master/tools/pkgs-custom.txt
+  #
+  # these two combined add up to:
+  manim-tinytex = {
+    inherit (texlive)
+
+    # tinytex
+    scheme-infraonly amsfonts amsmath atbegshi atveryend auxhook babel bibtex
+    bigintcalc bitset booktabs cm dehyph dvipdfmx dvips ec epstopdf-pkg etex
+    etexcmds etoolbox euenc everyshi fancyvrb filehook firstaid float fontspec
+    framed geometry gettitlestring glyphlist graphics graphics-cfg graphics-def
+    grffile helvetic hycolor hyperref hyph-utf8 iftex inconsolata infwarerr
+    intcalc knuth-lib kvdefinekeys kvoptions kvsetkeys l3backend l3kernel
+    l3packages latex latex-amsmath-dev latex-bin latex-fonts latex-tools-dev
+    latexconfig latexmk letltxmacro lm lm-math ltxcmds lua-alt-getopt luahbtex
+    lualatex-math lualibs luaotfload luatex mdwtools metafont mfware natbib
+    pdfescape pdftex pdftexcmds plain psnfss refcount rerunfilecheck stringenc
+    tex tex-ini-files times tipa tools unicode-data unicode-math uniquecounter
+    url xcolor xetex xetexconfig xkeyval xunicode zapfding
+
+    # manim-latex
+    standalone everysel preview doublestroke ms setspace rsfs relsize ragged2e
+    fundus-calligra microtype wasysym physics dvisvgm jknapltx wasy cm-super
+    babel-english gnu-freefont mathastext cbfonts-fd;
+  };
+in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "manim";
+  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "0.15.2";
+  disabled = python3.pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "ManimCommunity";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "l5JiFWCMQbGnwRRtYzCHBXdVzWBrTNPdcIYaAt/wRNA=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./remove-dependency-constraints.patch ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pbr ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    colour
-    numpy
-    pillow
-    progressbar
-    scipy
-    tqdm
-    opencv
-    pycairo
-    pydub
-
-    cairo sox ffmpeg xdg-utils
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    python3.pkgs.poetry-core
   ];
 
-  # Test with texlive to see whether it works but don't propagate
-  # because it's huge and optional
-  # TODO: Use smaller TexLive distribution
-  #       Doesn't need everything but it's hard to figure out what it needs
-  checkInputs = [ cairo sox ffmpeg xdg-utils texlive.combined.scheme-full ];
-
-  # Simple test and complex test with LaTeX
-  checkPhase = ''
-    for scene in SquareToCircle OpeningManimExample
-    do
-      python3 manim.py example_scenes.py $scene -l
-      tail -n 20 files/Tex/*.log  # Print potential LaTeX erorrs
-      ${file}/bin/file videos/example_scenes/480p15/$scene.mp4 \
-        | tee | grep -F "ISO Media, MP4 Base Media v1 [ISO 14496-12:2003]"
-    done
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+    --replace 'cloup = "^0.13.0"' 'cloup = "*"' \
+    --replace 'mapbox-earcut = "^0.12.10"' 'mapbox-earcut = "*"' \
   '';
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  buildInputs = [ cairo ];
 
-  meta = {
-    description = "Animation engine for explanatory math videos";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    click
+    click-default-group
+    cloup
+    colour
+    grpcio
+    grpcio-tools
+    importlib-metadata
+    isosurfaces
+    jupyterlab
+    manimpango
+    mapbox-earcut
+    moderngl
+    moderngl-window
+    networkx
+    numpy
+    pillow
+    pycairo
+    pydub
+    pygments
+    pysrt
+    rich
+    scipy
+    screeninfo
+    skia-pathops
+    srt
+    tqdm
+    watchdog
+  ];
+
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix" "PATH" ":" (lib.makeBinPath [
+      ffmpeg
+      (texlive.combine manim-tinytex)
+    ])
+  ];
+
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    python3.pkgs.pytest-cov
+    python3.pkgs.pytest-xdist
+    python3.pkgs.pytestCheckHook
+
+    ffmpeg
+    (texlive.combine manim-tinytex)
+  ];
+
+  # about 55 of ~600 tests failing mostly due to demand for display
+  disabledTests = import ./failing_tests.nix;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "manim" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Animation engine for explanatory math videos - Community version";
     longDescription = ''
       Manim is an animation engine for explanatory math videos. It's used to
       create precise animations programmatically, as seen in the videos of
-      3Blue1Brown on YouTube.
+      3Blue1Brown on YouTube. This is the community maintained version of
+      manim.
     '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/3b1b/manim";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ friedelino ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/manim/failing_tests.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/manim/failing_tests.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1f82a98dc16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/manim/failing_tests.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# reason for failure: tests try to open display
+[
+  "test_background_color"
+  "test_scene_add_remove"
+  "test_Circle"
+  "test_wait_skip"
+  "test_basic_scene_with_default_values"
+  "test_dry_run_with_png_format"
+  "test_dry_run_with_png_format_skipped_animations"
+  "test_FixedMobjects3D"
+  "test_basic_scene_l_flag"
+  "test_n_flag"
+  "test_s_flag_opengl_renderer"
+  "test_s_flag_no_animations"
+  "test_image_output_for_static_scene"
+  "test_no_image_output_with_interactive_embed"
+  "test_no_default_image_output_with_non_static_scene"
+  "test_image_output_for_static_scene_with_write_to_movie"
+  "test_s_flag"
+  "test_r_flag"
+  "test_play_skip"
+  "test_write_to_movie_disables_window"
+  "test_a_flag"
+  "test_pixel_coords_to_space_coords"
+  "test_t_values"
+  "test_custom_folders"
+  "test_t_values[15]"
+  "test_t_values[30]"
+  "test_t_values[60]"
+  "test_dash_as_filename"
+  "test_images_are_created_when_png_format_set_for_opengl"
+  "test_t_values_with_skip_animations"
+  "test_static_wait_detection"
+  "test_non_static_wait_detection"
+  "test_frozen_frame"
+  "test_gif_format_output"
+  "test_animate_with_changed_custom_attribute"
+  "test_images_are_zero_padded_when_zero_pad_set_for_opengl"
+  "test_mp4_format_output"
+  "test_videos_not_created_when_png_format_set"
+  "test_images_are_created_when_png_format_set"
+  "test_images_are_zero_padded_when_zero_pad_set"
+  "test_webm_format_output"
+  "test_default_format_output_for_transparent_flag"
+  "test_mov_can_be_set_as_output_format"
+  "test_force_window_opengl_render_with_format"
+  "test_get_frame_with_preview_disabled"
+  "test_get_frame_with_preview_enabled"
+] ++
+
+# reason for failure: tests try to reach network
+[
+  "test_logging_to_file"
+  "test_plugin_function_like"
+  "test_plugin_no_all"
+  "test_plugin_with_all"
+] ++
+
+# failing with:
+# E           AssertionError:
+# E           Not equal to tolerance rtol=1e-07, atol=1.01
+# E           Frame no -1. You can use --show_diff to visually show the difference.
+# E           Mismatched elements: 18525 / 1639680 (1.13%)
+# E           Max absolute difference: 255
+# E           Max relative difference: 255.
+[
+  "test_Text2Color"
+] ++
+
+# failing with:
+# TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'msg' - maybe you meant pytest.mark.skipif?
+[
+  "test_force_window_opengl_render_with_movies"
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/manim/remove-dependency-constraints.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/manim/remove-dependency-constraints.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a7da45d0f57..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/manim/remove-dependency-constraints.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git i/requirements.txt w/requirements.txt
-index 556122ad..11fd49d5 100644
---- i/requirements.txt
-+++ w/requirements.txt
-@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
--argparse==1.4.0
--colour==0.1.5
--numpy==1.15.0
--Pillow==5.2.0
--progressbar==2.5
--scipy==1.1.0
--tqdm==4.24.0
--opencv-python==3.4.2.17
--pycairo==1.17.1; sys_platform == 'linux'
--pycairo>=1.18.0; sys_platform == 'win32'
--pydub==0.23.0
-+colour
-+numpy
-+Pillow
-+progressbar
-+scipy
-+tqdm
-+pycairo
-+pycairo>=1.18.1; sys_platform == 'win32'
-+pydub
-+pyreadline==2.1; sys_platform == 'win32'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92ccba675e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, click
+, setuptools-scm
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cloup";
+  version = "0.14.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4dec7e43905b7771884cda4f13ab8b7537bceaee467a92655e7660797ab08c47";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cloup" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/janLuke/cloup";
+    description = "Click extended with option groups, constraints, aliases, help themes";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Enriches Click with option groups, constraints, command aliases, help sections for subcommands, themes for --help and other stuff.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ friedelino ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/isosurfaces/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/isosurfaces/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49f3fb90b296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/isosurfaces/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "isosurfaces";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "fa1b44e5e59d2f429add49289ab89e36f8dcda49b7badd99e0beea273be331f4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  # no tests defined upstream
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "isosurfaces" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jared-hughes/isosurfaces";
+    description = "Construct isolines/isosurfaces of a 2D/3D scalar field defined by a function";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Construct isolines/isosurfaces of a 2D/3D scalar field defined by a
+      function, i.e. curves over which f(x,y)=0 or surfaces over which
+      f(x,y,z)=0. Most similar libraries use marching squares or similar over a
+      uniform grid, but this uses a quadtree to avoid wasting time sampling
+      many far from the implicit surface.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ friedelino ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mapbox-earcut/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mapbox-earcut/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..009bf2ed653c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mapbox-earcut/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, pybind11
+, pytestCheckHook
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mapbox-earcut";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "skogler";
+    repo = "mapbox_earcut_python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "m4q2qTL55fkdi3hm75C3/XV9SUQkpJS+B5SEgpPEctk=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools pybind11 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mapbox_earcut" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/skogler/mapbox_earcut_python";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    description = "Mapbox-earcut fast triangulation of 2D-polygons";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Python bindings for the C++ implementation of the Mapbox Earcut
+      library, which provides very fast and quite robust triangulation of 2D
+      polygons.
+    '';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ friedelino ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/srt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/srt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6a5f4df097d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/srt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, hypothesis
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "srt";
+  version = "3.5.2";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7aa4ad5ce4126d3f53b3e7bc4edaa86653d0378bf1c0b1ab8c59f5ab41384450";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "srt" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cdown/srt";
+    description = "A tiny but featureful Python library for parsing, modifying, and composing SRT files";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ friedelino ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 024257e9590d..cad446e147fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26807,9 +26807,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   m32edit = callPackage ../applications/audio/midas/m32edit.nix {};
 
-  manim = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/video/manim {
-    opencv = python3Packages.opencv3;
-  };
+  manim = callPackage ../applications/video/manim { };
 
   manuskript = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/editors/manuskript { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 413350450290..924884839151 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1763,6 +1763,8 @@ in {
 
   cloudsplaining = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cloudsplaining { };
 
+  cloup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cloup { };
+
   clustershell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clustershell { };
 
   clvm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clvm { };
@@ -4343,6 +4345,8 @@ in {
 
   isort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/isort { };
 
+  isosurfaces = callPackage ../development/python-modules/isosurfaces { };
+
   isounidecode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/isounidecode { };
 
   isoweek = callPackage ../development/python-modules/isoweek { };
@@ -5166,6 +5170,8 @@ in {
 
   mapbox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mapbox { };
 
+  mapbox-earcut = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mapbox-earcut { };
+
   mariadb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mariadb { };
 
   marisa-trie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa-trie { };
@@ -9969,6 +9975,8 @@ in {
 
   srsly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/srsly { };
 
+  srt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/srt { };
+
   srvlookup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/srvlookup { };
 
   ssdeep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ssdeep {