Alternatives to presenterm
Present Markdown slides directly in your terminal. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
presenterm
Present Markdown slides directly in your terminal.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as presenterm.
Marp CLI
Convert Markdown slide decks into presentation files.
Marp CLI converts Markdown slide decks into HTML, PDF, PowerPoint or image files for presenting anywhere, instead of showing slides inside the terminal.
Slidev
An open-source presentation tool that builds slide decks from Markdown, aimed at developers.
Slidev also builds decks from Markdown for developers, but renders them as web slides through a CLI rather than presenting inside the terminal.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Quarto
Publish technical documents from Markdown and executable code.
Pandoc
Converts documents between almost any two markup formats: Markdown, Word, LaTeX, EPUB, HTML, PDF and dozens more.
LibreOffice
The full free office suite: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing, database and formula editor.
