https://github.com/bkeepers/soapbox
a desktop application for presenting HTML-based slideshows
https://github.com/bkeepers/soapbox
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a desktop application for presenting HTML-based slideshows
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bkeepers/soapbox
- Owner: bkeepers
- Created: 2015-07-15T17:44:55.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2015-07-17T05:16:33.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-07T23:08:17.064Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: CoffeeScript
- Size: 125 KB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
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README
# Soapbox
_Note: this README is aspirational. Assume none of this works yet._
Soapbox is a desktop application for presenting HTML-based slideshows.
Features:
- Open any HTML-based slideshow from a URL or local file.
- Full screen presenter mode with dual-screen support
- Offline caching of all presentation assets
- Built-in support for Markdown-based slideshows using [remark][]
- Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
## Markdown
If a markdown file is opened, it is assumed to be a presentation built with [remark][].
```markdown
# remark
.footnote[Go directly to [project site](https://github.com/gnab/remark)]
---
## What is it and why should I be using it?
---
.left-column[
## What is it?
]
.right-column[
A simple, in-browser, Markdown-driven slideshow tool targeted at people who know their way around HTML and CSS, featuring:
- Markdown formatting, with smart extensions
- Presenter mode, with cloned slideshow view
- Syntax highlighting, supporting a range of languages
- Slide scaling, thus similar appearance on all devices / resolutions .red[*]
- Touch support for smart phones and pads, i.e. swipe to navigate slides
.footnote[.red[*] At least browsers try their best]
]
```
[remark]: https://github.com/gnab/remark