Marp
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Marp, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Marp's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Marp | Free | MIT-licensed open-source tools and libraries |
The facts
Each one read from Marp's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Browser requirement
- Exporting PDF, PPTX, and image formats through the VS Code extension requires Google Chrome, Chromium, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox.checked 12 Oct 2026
- CLI platforms
- Marp CLI provides standalone binaries for Linux, macOS with Apple Silicon, and Windows.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
What it does
- CLI requirement
- Using Marp CLI through Node.js requires Node.js v18 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Developer integrations
- Marp Core can be integrated into projects and extended with optional plugins for Shiki syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and KaTeX or MathJax math typesetting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Marp converts Markdown into HTML, PDF, and PowerPoint files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HTML safety
- In a trusted workspace, only selected HTML elements render by default; allowing all HTML may allow script injection from untrusted Markdown files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The Marp team says its tools and related libraries are MIT-licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Markdown format
- Marp’s format is based on CommonMark, with a horizontal ruler (---) separating slides.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other export formats
- The VS Code extension can also export the first slide as PNG or JPEG and export notes as TXT.checked 12 Oct 2026
- PowerPoint export
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Marp is a Markdown presentation ecosystem for creating slide decks from Markdown documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- In an untrusted VS Code workspace, Marp limits use to basic preview and IntelliSense, and ignores HTML elements in Markdown.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Slide styling
- Marp supports directives, extended syntax, three built-in themes, and custom CSS themes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- VS Code integration
- Marp for VS Code provides slide preview, directive IntelliSense, and export tools inside VS Code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Web extension limit
- The VS Code for Web extension supports preview but cannot run the export command because Marp CLI is not designed for Web.checked 12 Oct 2026
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