Marp CLI vs presenterm

Marp CLI vs presenterm
Fact	Marp CLI	presenterm
Language	TypeScript	Rust
Licence	MIT	BSD-2-Clause
Stars	3.9k	8.9k
Latest	v4.5.1	v0.16.1
Last push	2026-09-08	2026-05-22
Release cadence	about 51 days between releases	about 39 days between releases
Active contributors	1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days	0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Keynote. Alternatives to Keynote →
PartialMarp CLITurns Markdown into HTML, PDF or PPTX slides. No visual editor.
PartialpresentermMarkdown slides presented in the terminal, with PDF and HTML export.
Both replace Microsoft PowerPoint. Alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint →
PartialMarp CLITurns Markdown into HTML, PDF or PPTX slides. No visual editor.
PartialpresentermMarkdown slides presented in the terminal, with PDF and HTML export.

v4.5.12026-09-06Optimize the size of standalone binaries (#736)
v4.5.02026-07-17Adopt Node.js SEA for building the standalone binary (#568, #731)
v4.4.12026-07-04Upgrade Marpit to v3.2.2 (#729)
v4.4.02026-05-06Node.js v26 support (#722)
v4.3.12026-03-16Fix collapsed rendering of the bespoke template overview view in Safari (#713, #714)

v0.16.12026-02-20Allow italic to be used as well as italics in theme (#847).
v0.16.02026-02-16Sixel is now supported in all platform and enabled by default. The will break any build scripts that enable the sixel f…
v0.15.12025-08-03Disable OSC 11 when running in tmux (#696).
v0.15.02025-07-13The behavior for "jump next fast" and "jump previous fast" keybindings (defaults to n and p) now jumps straight from on…
v0.14.02025-05-17Add support for exporting presentations as HTML files (#566) (#595) (#575) (#599) - thanks @JustSimplyKyle.

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