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patat vs mdp: catalog facts
patat	mdp
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Reads Markdown and several other document formats Supports incremental slides and speaker notes	Presents slides directly in a terminal Supports basic Markdown formatting
Presentations run in a terminal Image support is experimental	Requires ncursesw headers to compile
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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