# mfontanini/presenterm

A markdown terminal slideshow tool

Repository: https://github.com/mfontanini/presenterm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/presenterm
Homepage: https://mfontanini.github.io/presenterm/
Language: Rust
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, presentation, rust, slideshow, terminal, markdown, markdown-slides, slides
Last push: 2026-05-22T15:43:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 71, longevity 78
- inputs: {"age_days": 1102, "days_push": 103, "days_rel": 195, "gap_med": 21.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8794, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.752198+00:00)

## What it is
presenterm is a terminal-based slideshow tool that renders presentations written in markdown. It supports images and animated gifs, customizable themes, syntax highlighting, code snippet execution, and exporting to PDF and HTML.

## Use cases
- give a presentation from the terminal using markdown slides
- convert markdown slides to PDF
- present code-heavy talks with syntax highlighting and live code execution
- create themed terminal slideshows with images and gifs
- render mermaid or LaTeX diagrams in terminal presentations

## When to choose
- you want to write slides in markdown and present them in a terminal
- you present technical content with code snippets and want highlighting or live execution
- you need a lightweight, scriptable alternative to GUI presentation tools
- you want to export markdown presentations to PDF or HTML

## When to avoid
- you need rich GUI features like animations, embedded video, or collaborative editing
- your audience requires PowerPoint/Keynote compatibility
- you need image support on terminals that lack the graphics protocols presenterm uses

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: markdown, cli, developer-tools, pdf, image-processing
- domain: developer-tools, documentation
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-slideshow, presentations, markdown-slides, pdf-export, code-highlighting, themes, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mfontanini/presenterm (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.752198+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 2026-08-29T17:25:12.346713+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mfontanini/presenterm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.752198+00:00, sha 5e362544444f)
  - homepage: https://mfontanini.github.io/presenterm/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:23.352872+00:00, sha fe03a734e945)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/presenterm (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:23.361659+00:00, sha a9bf846909c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.