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Install mdp with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Command-line based markdown presentation tool. Version 1.0.18 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mdp

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mdp

MacPorts ports tree · office/mdp/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line based markdown presentation tool

Commands and aliases

  • mdp

history

Project history and usage

mdp is a C/ncurses command-line presentation tool that renders slide decks from Markdown directly in a terminal. Its official README describes horizontal rulers as slide separators, basic Markdown formatting support, terminal keybindings, and a small compile-time configuration surface.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created on 2014-09-14 under visit1985/mdp. The project presents itself as a terminal-native slide deck tool: users clone the repository, build it with make, and run `mdp sample.md` to present a Markdown file.

The README's configuration section shows the project staying close to its ncurses roots: colors, keybindings, and list types are changed in `include/config.h` and require recompilation rather than a separate runtime preferences file.

Adoption history

mdp is unusually well packaged for a small terminal Markdown tool. The official README points to packages or ports for Arch Linux, Cygwin, Debian, FreeBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, Slackware, and Ubuntu; the input package-manager facts also list apk, brew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, and Ubuntu coverage.

GitHub repository metadata reported thousands of stars and hundreds of forks by 2026, indicating sustained interest among command-line users beyond a single package ecosystem.

How it is used

Typical use is to write a Markdown document with slide separators, then run `mdp sample.md` in a 256-color terminal. The built-in controls use vi-style keys, arrows, paging keys, numeric slide jumps, reload, and quit.

The README also documents a PDF conversion workflow via the separate `md2pdf` tool for users who want to convert mdp-compatible decks outside the terminal.

Why package nerds care

mdp matters in package-manager culture because it is the small, Unix-shaped answer to presentation software: a C program, an ncurses dependency, a Markdown input file, and distro packages. It is the sort of package that turns a terminal into the whole presentation stack.

Timeline

  • 2014: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2015: README screenshot asset added for the terminal slide-deck workflow.
  • 2026: GitHub metadata still showed active packaging visibility and ongoing repository activity.

Related projects

  • The README references md2pdf/mdtopdf for converting mdp-compatible Markdown into PDF.
  • mdp sits near other terminal Markdown tools such as mdv, but focuses on presentations rather than document reading.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
include/config.h

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mdpcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.0.18
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.0.18

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mdp
Version1.0.18
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mdp
Homepagehttps://github.com/visit1985/mdp
Repositoryhttps://github.com/visit1985/mdp
Upstream docshttps://github.com/visit1985/mdp#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/visit1985/mdp/archive/refs/tags/1.0.18.tar.gz
Uses from macOSncurses
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemdp
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

mdp 1.0.15-1+b2

command-line based Markdown presentation tool

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

sudo apt install mdp
  • Section: misc
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mdp-src
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mdp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

python3-mdp 3.6-10

Modular toolkit for Data Processing

https://mdp-toolkit.github.io/

sudo apt install python3-mdp
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: mdp
  • 2 dependencies
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-mdp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

mdp

nix profile install nixpkgs#mdp
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/md/mdp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

mdp 1.0.15-1

command-line based Markdown presentation tool

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

sudo apt install mdp
  • Section: universe/misc
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mdp-src
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mdp from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

mdp 1.0.18-r0

command line based markdown presentation tool

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

sudo apk add mdp
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mdp
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

mdp-doc 1.0.18-r0

command line based markdown presentation tool (documentation)

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

sudo apk add mdp-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mdp
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdp-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

mdp 1.0.18-1

A command-line based markdown presentation tool

https://github.com/visit1985/mdp

sudo pacman -S mdp
  • License: GPL3
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: mdp from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

mdp

sudo port install mdp
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mdp
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: office/mdp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • patatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, markdown, presentations, productivity, terminal.
  • presentermShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, markdown, presentations, productivity, terminal.
  • slidesShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, markdown, presentations, productivity, terminal.
  • deckShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, markdown, presentations, productivity.
  • doitliveShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, presentations, productivity, terminal.
  • marp-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, markdown, presentations, productivity.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment