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SideBeam

A native macOS/iOS PDF presenter console, inspired by pdfpc.

Automatically splits wide Beamer pages into slide and notes halves, with a full presenter console showing current slide, next slide preview, notes, and timer.

Features

• Presenter window — current slide, next slide, notes, timer with progress bar
• Projector window — fullscreen on external display
• Beamer page splitting — auto-detects wide pages with embedded notes
• Welcome screen — recent files with hotkey access
• Keyboard-driven — vim-style navigation
• Light/dark mode — adapts to system appearance
• iPad support — with external display via AirPlay/USB-C (beta)

Install

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap quanghm/sidebeam
brew install --cask sidebeam

Manual Download

Download the latest .app from GitHub Releases, unzip, and run:

xattr -cr SideBeam.app

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/quanghm/sidebeam.git
cd sidebeam
swift build
swift run SideBeam

Quick Start

1. Open a PDF — click Open PDF… or press ⌘O
2. The projector window opens automatically
3. Press f to go fullscreen on an external display
4. Navigate with arrow keys, Space, or k/l
5. Press h for help at any time

Getting Started →