Open source PDF presentation player

Quick Presenter

A lightweight desktop app for presenting prepared PDF slide decks with predictable controls, presenter context, and reliable live playback.

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Input: PDF only
License: GPL-3.0-only
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux

Quick Presenter presenter window showing the current slide, next slide preview, speaker notes, timer, and page status.

Who it helps

For speakers who already have the deck.

Quick Presenter is built for academic talks, research presentations, technical conferences, and online sessions where the final slides are exported to PDF before the talk.

Problem

PDF viewers are general-purpose.

They open files well, but live talks need presenter context, predictable navigation, and a clean audience output.

Need

The speaker must stay oriented.

Current slide, next slide, speaker notes, elapsed time, clock, and page status should be visible without adding editing complexity.

Value

Prepared PDFs become presentation-ready.

Quick Presenter keeps the playback path compact so switching between conference rooms, classrooms, and online meetings feels predictable.

Built for presenting

Not another slide editor.

Open a finished PDF

Keep authoring in Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Marp, Beamer, or any tool that exports a stable PDF deck.

Stay oriented on stage

See the current page, next slide, notes, elapsed time, and clock without turning the presentation surface into a document manager.

Move with confidence

Use keyboard-first navigation and presenter remote friendly controls that keep page transitions simple during a live talk.

Essential workflow

Everything visible when it matters.

Presenter window

Run the talk from one focused control surface.

The speaker-facing window keeps the active slide, next slide preview, speaker notes, timer, clock, and page position in one place.

Animated Quick Presenter demo showing PDF slide navigation in the presenter window.

Audience slide window showing the Quick Presenter title slide.

Audience output

Keep the projected slide clean.

The audience-facing slide window stays dedicated to the deck, while presenter details remain on the speaker side.

Audience slide window showing a workflow slide about using Quick Presenter.

PDF-first playback

Present the deck you already exported.

Quick Presenter treats PDF as the source of truth, avoiding authoring features that can complicate the live playback path.

PDF authoring workflow

Create slides anywhere. Present the exported PDF.

Quick Presenter does not create or edit slide decks. Keep using the authoring tool that fits your workflow, then export the finished deck to PDF for playback.

Keynote

Export the final deck to PDF before presenting.

PowerPoint

Use Quick Presenter with the exported PDF, not the source file.

Google Slides

Download the prepared presentation as a PDF deck.

Marp

OSS Markdown slide authoring with PDF speaker-note support.

LaTeX Beamer

OSS LaTeX class for PDF-first academic and technical talks.

The supported input remains the exported PDF, not the source project from any authoring tool.

Designed scope

Small on purpose.

PDF is the only presentation input format.

No slide editing, authoring, or design tools during playback.

Rendering, page transitions, and failure recovery are the priority.

Open source

Built in the open for reliable talks.

Quick Presenter is developed as an OSS desktop app with public source, release notes, packaging documentation, and issue tracking.

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Support development

Help fund the next stage of presentation tools.

Quick Presenter will remain focused on reliable PDF playback, while development continues toward AI-centric presentation operations: faster preparation, speaker-aware workflows, and automation that still treats the exported PDF as the source of truth.

Buying through desktop app stores is the planned donation-friendly way to support the project while keeping the source code open.

Coming soon

Release

Download Quick Presenter v1.0.0

Windows will be available exclusively from Microsoft Store. The signed and notarized macOS package and the Linux package will be published from GitHub Releases when v1.0.0 is ready.

Open macOS and Linux releases