presenterm

A markdown terminal slideshow tool.

Runs as presenterm|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

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Open a Markdown file as a terminal slideshow, pick a built-in theme, or export it. Speaker-note publishing and listening are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui presenterm

Present slidesExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Markdown file*

file

Presentation mode

--present

Theme

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Present a file

filepresenttheme

Export to PDF

fileexport_pdf

List themes

list_themes

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Markdown file

path · positional 0

Presentation mode

Disable automatic reload of the file.
boolean

--present

Theme

Name of a built-in theme; run with --list-themes to see them.
string

--theme

Export to PDF

boolean

--export-pdf

Export to HTML

boolean

--export-html

List built-in themes

boolean

--list-themes

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

docs

presenterm examples/demo.md Unless you run in presentation mode by passing in the `--present` parameter, _presenterm_ will automatically reload your Passing in the `--theme` parameter when running _presenterm_ to select one of the built-in themes. presenterm --list-themes presenterm --export-pdf examples/demo.md presenterm --export-html examples/demo.md

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed presenterm against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.