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by em-bee 2722 days ago
i love how topics like these not only bring out a review of the tool in question, but also suggest other related tools for comparison.

for convenience, here is a list of all alternatives mentioned (in no particular order):

(i added a quick but incomplete review of key aspects of each tool. almost all are using markdown and support pdf export)

https://arnehilmann.github.io/markdeck/ (reveal.js docker)

https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#producing-slide-shows-with-pa... (export-to: S5 DZSlides Slidy Slideous reveal.js pdf ppt)

https://github.com/munen/p_slides (slidy2)

https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/present (go-present-markup local-go-server "can't find documentation of how to actually use it")

http://slideshow-s9.github.io/ (commandline-tool browser-preview many-templates)

https://github.com/FormidableLabs/spectacle (react-based presenter-mode local-node-server)

https://github.com/sinedied/backslide (docker)

https://gitpitch.com/ (online-service 'desktop version is docker based and not free')

https://yhatt.github.io/marp/ (electron-app live-preview)

https://github.com/jxnblk/mdx-deck (browser-preview)

https://www.deckset.com/ (osx-only not-free)

https://github.com/arnehilmann/markdeck#similar-projects