# Marp

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Marp and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free tool that turns plain Markdown sections into slides, with a VS Code plugin and source files that work with version control.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well for generating slides (2 comments): "I actually had claude use Marp to come up with some slides to insert INTO the video at moments I was jus ttalking, not demoing, worked great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49756637)) "settled on Marp, which worked great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852349))
- Markdown source fits editors and version control (2 comments): "Marp handles this well because the VSCode plugin closes that loop immediately." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823345)) "for technical slides as you write in markdown, can use version control, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50278217))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bento HTML presentation tool](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bento.md): 68 recommend
- [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-powerpoint.md): 42 recommend
- [Apple Keynote](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-keynote.md): 27 recommend
- [reveal.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reveal-js.md): 11 recommend
- [Immersa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/immersa.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Marp", https://hackerapproved.com/p/marp/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).