Hovercraft!
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hovercraft!, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hovercraft!'s own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Python 3 package · generates HTML presentations |
The facts
Each one read from Hovercraft!'s own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 3D presentations
- It supports panning, rotating, and zooming in 3D, with automatic slide repositioning.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Input format
- Presentations are authored as reStructuredText files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project requires Python 3 and documents installation with pip3 install hovercraft.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub project identifies its license as MIT.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Math formulas
- The project lists support for showing mathematical formulas.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Output and sharing
- Hovercraft! generates HTML presentations that can be viewed in a web browser and shared on a website.checked 11 Oct 2026
- PowerPoint export
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- PowerPoint import
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Presenter console
- Its presenter console includes notes and slide previews.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security
- The documentation notes that browsers may restrict popup windows from pages opened directly from the filesystem and suggests using its local webserver.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Serve and preview
- It can serve a presentation with its built-in webserver and regenerate it when source files change.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Styling
- Presentations can be styled with CSS, and the tool accepts additional JavaScript files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Hovercraft! creates impress.js presentations from reStructuredText files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Windows support
- The project says Hovercraft! is untested on Windows, though it may work in theory.checked 11 Oct 2026
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