Marp
Shares rank 6 of 11 presentation tools by recommenders
Free tool that turns plain Markdown sections into slides, with a VS Code plugin and source files that work with version control.
Free tool that turns plain Markdown sections into slides, with a VS Code plugin and source files that work with version control.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well for generating slides
“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.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 on Hacker News “settled on Marp, which worked great”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “HTML Slides with notes” Markdown source fits editors and version control
“Marp handles this well because the VSCode plugin closes that loop immediately.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: MDV – a Markdown superset for docs, dashboards, and slides with data” “for technical slides as you write in markdown, can use version control, etc.”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: SlideBySide – Present slides without sharing your screen”
Other presentation tools people recommend
The four most recommended other presentation tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bento HTML presentation tool | 68 | 11 | 86% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 42 | 55 | 43% | 11 | — | — |
| Apple Keynote | 27 | 25 | 52% | 10 | — | — |
| reveal.js | 11 | 3 | 79% | 7 | — | Approved |
| MarpThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“for technical slides as you write in markdown, can use version control, etc.”
“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.”
“MARP (not), and others do this same thing without weird breaking formats”
“Marp handles this well because the VSCode plugin closes that loop immediately.”
“It doesn't require much specialized syntax, it mostly does the right thing to turn plain Markdown sections into slides.”
“settled on Marp, which worked great”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.