Presenta

Creative

slide presentation tool

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Presenta

Make slides with text, markdown, YAML, JSON or JavaScript, your call

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#slides#markdown presentation#presentation maker#offline slides

135points
30comments
#452of 3,028 in 2020
Top 15%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.

Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and easy to use for making slides

    From 3 comments
    • I'm more of an offline-first person but I love how simple this is. If the need arises I'd consider it for sure. Looks like all my use cases are ticked off as well. Quick…
      grtehy on HN
    • This is so cool . Thank you for sharing.
      nvr219 on HN
    • I like the idea, and the technical implementation. I frequently need something simple and free to create slides. I think the typography in the rendered slides could be improved a…
      jrochkind1 on HN
  • Offline and local-file support is useful

    From 2 comments
    • I'm more of an offline-first person but I love how simple this is. If the need arises I'd consider it for sure. Looks like all my use cases are ticked off as well. Quick…
      grtehy on HN
    • Hi HN A month ago I’ve released my very own open source project, followed by a bare-bones tool built on top of it. I’ve listen a lot from the community and now, here a sensible…
      abusedmedia on HN

Objections

  • Presentations should be visual, not text-heavy

    From 2 comments
    • For me, slides are like art. I make slides with graphics, with weird arrows, boxes and call outs, images tiled in a particular way, and many custom things. They're more graphical…
      machinelabo on HN
    • I would argue that, if you need to have long-form text to explain your content (even if it's only a short sentence or two), then a live presentation is the wrong format for…
      nbadg on HN
  • Slide typography and contrast need work

    From 3 comments
    • I like the idea, and the technical implementation. I frequently need something simple and free to create slides. I think the typography in the rendered slides could be improved a…
      jrochkind1 on HN
    • The left and right arrow are the same blue color as the background. Should probably add some function to make sure that if the defined color is the same or similar to that of the…
      johnisgood on HN
    • I like it. Add PDF export and I'll use it. Add PPTX export and I might pay for it. Also, less contrast editor UI would be nice.
      ComodoHacker on HN

Requests

  • PDF export

    From 1 comment
    • I like it. Add PDF export and I'll use it. Add PPTX export and I might pay for it. Also, less contrast editor UI would be nice.
      ComodoHacker on HN
  • PPTX export

    From 1 comment
    • I like it. Add PDF export and I'll use it. Add PPTX export and I might pay for it. Also, less contrast editor UI would be nice.
      ComodoHacker on HN
  • Equation support

    From 2 comments
    • I'm more of an offline-first person but I love how simple this is. If the need arises I'd consider it for sure. Looks like all my use cases are ticked off as well. Quick…
      grtehy on HN
    • You might also like "marp", which works as a VS Code plugin for markdown. Much simpler & less control than Beamer, but does allow equations (which it seems the linked presenta.cc…
      improbable22 on HN
  • Embedding in documentation systems like MkDocs

    From 2 comments
    • Brilliant! Huge potential, but I'm not sure how this can be used like flowchart.js, js-sequence-diagram or mermaid in a documentation ecosystem.…
      johnx123-up on HN
    • The comment/suggestion was different: ability to embed presentation inside a documentation ecosystem like MkDocs (similar to mermaid), optionally with unique URL--and also…
      johnx123-up on HN

Questions

  • Can JavaScript use require, import, fetch and async/await?

    From 1 comment
    • I could see power with this if the JavaScript portion allowed require/import, fetch, and async/await.
      MuffinFlavored on HN

Alternatives named

  • LaTeX Beamer

    From 1 comment
    • I stopped using PowerPoint for presentations long back. What I use now is LaTeX with the beamer class to make classy professional looking presentations. This looks like another…
      sid_talks on HN
  • Marp

    From 1 comment
    • You might also like "marp", which works as a VS Code plugin for markdown. Much simpler & less control than Beamer, but does allow equations (which it seems the linked presenta.cc…
      improbable22 on HN
  • PowerPoint and Google Slides

    From 1 comment
    • For me, slides are like art. I make slides with graphics, with weird arrows, boxes and call outs, images tiled in a particular way, and many custom things. They're more graphical…
      machinelabo on HN
  • Figma

    From 1 comment
    • figma can also be used to make slides. if you get hang of it, auto layout and controlled components make it a breeze to maintain consistency across slide.
      jerrygoyal on HN
  • Pandoc with revealjs or beamer

    From 1 comment
    • This is very cool. Something similar can be done by using pandoc and exporting to revealjs or beamer, but it's less straightforward.
      phelipetls on HN

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