presenterm
The facts below are what the maker publishes about presenterm, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From presenterm's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free and open source | Free | No paid plans or pricing stated |
The facts
Each one read from presenterm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Code snippets
- Code snippets can be executed in presentations, but execution must be explicitly enabled and the documentation warns to run code at your own risk.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Development workflow
- Unless run in presentation mode, presenterm automatically reloads the presentation when its file changes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The guide recommends downloading a pre-built binary and also documents cargo, Homebrew, Nix, Arch Linux, Scoop, and WinGet installation routes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Presentations can be exported to PDF and HTML; PDF export requires WeasyPrint, while HTML export requires no extra dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Layouts and diagrams
- Features include column layouts and Mermaid and D2 graph rendering.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project license as BSD-2-Clause.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Math
- The project lists LaTeX and Typst formula rendering among its features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media and themes
- It supports images and animated GIFs, customizable themes, and code highlighting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- presenterm creates presentations in Markdown and runs them in a terminal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- GitHub reports that the repository has no SECURITY.md policy and no published security advisories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Speaker notes
- Speaker notes can be shown in a separate presenterm instance, with communication over UDP sockets on localhost.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The README invites users to open an issue or pull request to have a talk using presenterm featured.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The installation guide says presenterm works on Linux, macOS, and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Terminal support
- Images can render in terminals supporting the iTerm2, Kitty, or sixel graphics protocols; remote images are not supported by design.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOS,Windowschecked 20 Sep 2026
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