dspdfviewer ☆

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Description:
Dual-Screen PDF Viewer for latex-beamer

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.15.1@26 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: pdf presentation latex beamer dual-screen productivity

Install: brew install dspdfviewer

About:
DSPDFViewer is a dual-screen PDF viewer specifically designed for use with latex-beamer presentations. It provides a presenter console that shows the current slide, next slide, and speaker notes on a separate screen while the audience sees only the main presentation. This tool enhances presentations by giving the speaker better control and awareness without disrupting the audience's view.

Key Features:

Dual-screen presentation mode with presenter console
Live preview of current and next slides
Speaker notes display with configurable font sizes
Synchronized navigation between screens
Built-in timer for presentation pacing

Use Cases:

Academic presentations using latex-beamer
Technical conference talks with complex slides
Lecture delivery with detailed speaker notes
Professional business presentations requiring precise timing

Alternatives:

pdfpc – Similar dual-screen PDF presenter with different UI and feature set
Impressive – PDF presentation tool with visual effects but less latex-beamer integration

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies: boost, cairo, fontconfig, freetype, glib, jpeg-turbo, libpng, libtiff, openjpeg, poppler-qt5, qt@5

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 28, 2025 1:03am	25	VERSION_BUMP	12127935
Sep 17, 2025 12:08am	25	VERSION_BUMP	a2de9897
Dec 16, 2024 6:40am	23	VERSION_BUMP	cd11b988
Nov 17, 2024 9:45pm	22	VERSION_BUMP	72d7cb3b
Sep 12, 2024 5:37pm	22	VERSION_BUMP	7a8fee93