Presenterm is a terminal-based presentation tool.
It lets you create presentations using Markdown and run them directly in a terminal. Presentations can include images, animated GIFs, highlighted source code, diagrams, mathematical formulas, and speaker notes.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create presentations using one or more Markdown files.
- Displays images and animated GIFs in supported terminals.
- Offers customisable themes, colours, margins, layouts, and slide footers.
- Includes syntax highlighting for many programming languages.
- Supports selective and dynamic source code highlighting.
- Execute code snippets, including interactive terminal applications running in pseudo-terminal sessions.
- Provides column-based slide layouts.
- Renders Mermaid and D2 diagrams.
- Renders LaTeX and Typst mathematical formulas.
- Supports slide transitions and incremental content reveals.
- Provides speaker notes and custom key bindings.
- Automatically reloads presentations when their source files change.
- Provides introduction slides displaying the presentation title and presenter details.
- Supports configurable font sizes in compatible terminals.
- Supports the Sixel graphics protocol for displaying images in compatible terminals.
- Export presentations to PDF and HTML formats.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/mfontanini/presenterm
Support:
Developer: Matias Fontanini
License: BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License
Presenterm is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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