Alternatives to Présentation

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  • Présentation

    A macOS app for presenting PDF slides, such as LaTeX Beamer output, with a presenter view.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

10 alternatives

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  • SlidePilot

    A macOS app for presenting PDF slides, with LaTeX Beamer notes support and a presenter view.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

    SlidePilot is another free macOS presenter with Beamer notes support, a flexible presenter layout and drawing, pointer and timer tools.

  • Pympress

    A PDF presentation tool with a separate presenter window for dual-screen talks.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Pympress is a GPL presenter with Beamer notes and embedded video via VLC or GStreamer, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • pdfpc

    A GTK-based presenter console that shows PDF slides with a separate speaker view on a second monitor.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    pdfpc is a GPL GTK presenter console with next-slide preview, notes and countdown, but it runs on Linux rather than macOS.

  • Impressive

    A presentation program that shows PDF slides with smooth transitions and tools for highlighting content.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Impressive is a GPL presenter with hardware-accelerated transitions and highlighting tools for Windows and Linux, needing OpenGL for its effects.

  • Skim

    macOS PDF reader and annotator built for reading papers.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

  • Preview

    Apple's built-in macOS app for viewing, annotating, merging and signing PDFs and images.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

  • DeckTape

    A command-line tool that exports HTML slide presentations as PDF files.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

  • TeXworks

    A simple TeX and LaTeX editor with a built-in PDF previewer for desktop systems.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

  • Sozi

    A zooming presentation editor and player that turns SVG drawings into animated slide shows.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

  • Tectonic

    A self-contained TeX and LaTeX engine that turns TeX files into PDF without a full LaTeX install.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line