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Kova

Kova is a markdown presentation creation tool designed to allow for rapid slide creation.

Main interface, right-click context.

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Platforms

  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux  Available through repos for Deb/RPM distros. AppImage also available.
Gruvbox Dark theme with pie chart and flowchart.
Example themes.
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  No Coding Required
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Works Offline

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GitHub repository

  •  295 Stars
  •  26 Forks
  •  10 Open Issues
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What is Kova?

Kova is a markdown presentation creation tool designed to allow for rapid slide creation.

Featuring:

Markdown-first — write slides in plain text, separated by --- Auto layout — title, section, split, two-column, grid, quote, full-bleed, and more Live preview — editor and preview stay in sync as you type Syntax highlighting — fenced code blocks rendered with highlight.js Math & LaTeX — inline and block math via KaTeX ($...$ and $$...$$) Mermaid diagrams — pie, bar, line charts and flowcharts inline Themes — 11 built-in themes, community themes, and custom YAML Focus mode — dims non-active slides, collapses side panels Fullscreen presentation — speaker notes, slide counter, keyboard and click navigation PPTX export — export to PowerPoint (16:9 and 4:3) YouTube & poll embeds — !youtubelabel and !polllabel File watcher — reloads automatically when the file is edited externally Keybindings — configurable via ~/.kova/keybindings.yaml