PIPiraty·Mar 9, 2025
also look at https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
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mdp
A command-line based markdown presentation tool.
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A command-line based markdown presentation tool.
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When this comes up, I always feel obligated to share my favorite Markdown presentation tool, the command-line mdp: https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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14 sourcesIt depends on what you are presenting. I found [mdp](https://github.com/visit1985/mdp) to be very useful when presenting a tech talk. It is easy to copy and paste from the source material, it can be done all via the terminal, and it views well as a README on github.
Here is an example of a presentation I gave:
https://github.com/veganjay/prefectdemo/blob/main/presentati...
In Marp: Markdown Presentation EcosystemA command-line based Markdown presentation tool
2 points · Open discussion> I recently found out about mdp too, a way to display markdown in the terminal as slides.
> https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
I use pandoc to convert markdown to powerpoint decks, it's a great workflow as you can preview and tweak the content and then apply the firm theme before the presentation.
In New(ish) command line toolsI recently found out about mdp too, a way to display markdown in the terminal as slides.
https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In New(ish) command line toolsA command-line based markdown presentation tool
1 points · Open discussionElinks was still quite active[1] until 2 years ago any contributions were stopped.
For spreadsheets there is sc-im. For presentations in terminal there are termimad (in Rust)[3], mdp[4], and patat[5]. For files management vifm[6] is the best one, if you got used to Vim already.
And one more important thing - don't forget to setup true colors[7] in your terminal.
[1] https://repo.or.cz/elinks.git/shortlog
[2] https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im
[3] https://github.com/Canop/termimad
[4] https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
[5] https://github.com/jaspervdj/patat
[6] https://github.com/vifm/vifm
[7] https://github.com/termstandard/colors/
In Without a GUI: How to Live Entirely in a Terminalmdp - A command-line based markdown presentation tool - https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In Ask HN: What are your favorite terminal programs?Very cool!
Reminds me of https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In Show HN: Slimd – terminal slides from markdownWhen this comes up, I always feel obligated to share my favorite Markdown presentation tool, the command-line mdp: https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In Show HN: Generate Google Slides from MarkdownFor those who want something notably more minimal there's the lovely mdp: https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In Marp: Markdown Presentation WriterAt first, I thought this was a terminal version of Powerpoint, akin to mdp[1], which has been my favorite. (I actually use mdp over powerpoint/keynote on my laptop at work these days, since I can checkin the markdown, write the presentation easily, and spend zero time on all the formatting garbage.) I do not work in marketing (can you tell?).
[1] https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
In Show HN: Slide – an open-source plain text presentation makerThe only major missing feature for the slide decks I tend to create is syntax highlighting. Still will probably give it a shot next time I don't have much code to present :)
For those who were curious what this was using for Markdown, it looks like it's home-rolled in C: https://github.com/visit1985/mdp/blob/master/viewer.c#L353
In mdp – A command-line based markdown presentation toolmdp – A command-line based markdown presentation tool
157 points · Open discussion