Unlike many presentation software programs that resemble Microsoft PowerPoint, and LibreOffice embedded presentation, Spice-up is a standalone presentation software for Linux systems.

It allows you to create presentations that stand out! Spice-Up has everything you need to create simple and beautiful presentations. Get your ideas across with beautiful designed templates, or start from scratch with a blank canvas.  

Features

Spice-up features highlight:

  • Exporting to PDF: Share your presentation with anyone, no matter the platform they're at.
  • Presentation Browser: Scroll through the presentations you have made and jump right into them with one click!.
  • Controller Support: If you have a USB or Bluetooth controller, plug it in and control your slides!
  • Web Viewer: Presentations can now be viewed from a web browser if Spice-Up is not installed, even if you're not using Linux. No extra software needed!
  • Edit images in your favorite editor, and it will automatically update when saved
  • Templates: a touch of creativity is all you need to make presentations in a blink of an eye.
  • Presenter Notes: Present like a pro with slide-by-slide notes only viewable by you!
  • And much more!

Platform

Spice-up is written primarily for Linux systems, and it can be installed on Debian/ Ubuntu based distros simply, using PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/spice-up-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install com.github.philip-scott.spice-up

You can download and install it directly from Flathub as a Flatpak package from here.

License

Spice-up is released under the GPL3.0 License.

Resources

  1. Flathub
  2. Source code
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