Tool Profile

Marp

A simple Markdown-to-slides tool with self-hostable HTML/PDF output that commenters already use in practice.

Why developers recommend it

It was the most directly recommended slide-generation alternative in the MDV discussion.

Reference ID

marp

Hacker News Mentions

2026-04-18

A commenter said they often use Marp for Markdown slides and liked its mostly syntax-light approach plus HTML/PDF export.

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