Patat
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Patat, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Patat's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Patat | Free | Open-source terminal presentation tool · GPL-2.0 |
The facts
Each one read from Patat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Clickable links
- OSC8 hyperlinks are supported in some terminals but must be enabled explicitly because Patat cannot detect terminal support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Code evaluation
- It can evaluate configured code blocks and display their output in slides.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing workflow
- The --watch option reloads the presentation when its file changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Images
- Image display is off by default, requires configuration, and supports iTerm2, Kitty, WezTerm, and w3m backends.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Input formats
- It supports formats Pandoc supports, including Markdown, reStructuredText, and Org-mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies Patat as GPL-2.0 licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Security consideration
- The README warns that configured code evaluation runs commands and advises checking downloaded presentations before running them when they contain eval settings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Slide effects
- It supports incremental slide content, automatic advancement, and slide transitions including slideLeft, dissolve, and matrix.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Speaker notes
- Speaker notes can be written to a file when the current slide changes, for display in another terminal or Patat instance.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Syntax highlighting
- It ships syntax highlighting for nearly one hundred languages using Kate syntax files through Pandoc.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal requirement
- Patat requires an ANSI terminal and describes this as its portability basis instead of requiring ncurses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- Themes can configure text and background colors, including 24-bit RGB when the terminal supports it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Patat is a feature-rich presentation tool that runs in the terminal and uses Pandoc.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2016checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms and downloads
- The README lists Linux packages and generic Linux binaries, plus Homebrew and generic Mac OS binaries; it also documents installation from Hackage using Cabal.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOSchecked 20 Sep 2026
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