# Marp (Markdown Presentation Ecosystem)

A CLI interface for Marp and Marpit based converters

Repository: https://github.com/marp-team/marp-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/marp-markdown-presentation-ecosystem
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: markdown, deck, presentation, slides, marp, cli, marpit
Last push: 2026-07-20T11:41:31+00:00
Link (homepage): https://marp.app/
Link (site_page): https://marpit.marp.app/usage?id=extend-marpit-by-plugins
Link (site_page): https://marpit.marp.app/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2946, "days_push": 44, "days_rel": 47, "gap_med": 23.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3783, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.512389+00:00)

## What it is
Marp is a Markdown presentation ecosystem for writing slide decks in plain Markdown, comprising the Marpit framework, Marp Core converter, Marp CLI, and a VS Code extension. It converts Markdown into presentation-ready HTML, PDF, and PowerPoint files with themes, directives, and extended syntax.

## Use cases
- create slide decks from markdown
- convert markdown to pptx or pdf presentations
- preview markdown slides in vscode
- build presentation slides without powerpoint
- theme and style markdown-based slides
- generate html slide decks from plain text

## When to choose
- you want to author presentations in Markdown with version control
- you need to export slides to HTML, PDF, or PPTX from the command line
- you prefer a code-first workflow over GUI slide editors

## When to avoid
- you need rich drag-and-drop visual editing or animations
- your deck depends on complex multimedia layouts that Markdown cannot express

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, markdown, templating, cli
- domain: web-development, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: markdown-presentation, slide-decks, pptx-export, pdf-export, vscode-extension, commonmark, nodejs

## Member repositories
- marp-team/marp-cli (main) score 94
- marp-team/marp (docs) score 75
- marp-team/marp-vscode (plugin) score 98
- marp-team/marpit (main) score 86
- marp-team/marp-core (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.512389+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:14:05.860959+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marp-team/marp-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.512389+00:00, sha f33dc5c506b7)
  - homepage: https://marp.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:00.412234+00:00, sha 2d41e44bada7)
  - site_page: https://marpit.marp.app/usage?id=extend-marpit-by-plugins (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:00.421486+00:00, sha 63532c1e7dfd)
  - site_page: https://marpit.marp.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:00.423405+00:00, sha 63532c1e7dfd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.