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# Creating Presentations in Your Terminal with Python

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## Summary

Spiel is an archived Python library that lets you create terminal-based presentations using the Rich package. Installation is via pip or Docker, and slides are defined as Python functions decorated with @deck.slide or added via deck.add_slides(). The tutorial walks through a basic one-slide example and a more complete multi-slide example using Rich's text styling and alignment utilities, navigable with arrow keys.

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## Questions this post answers

### How do I create a terminal presentation in Python using Spiel?

Install Spiel with pip install spiel, then create a Deck object and define slides using the @deck.slide decorator or by passing Slide objects to deck.add_slides(). Each slide function returns a Rich renderable, such as text styled with rich.text.Text. Run the script and call present(__file__) to launch the presentation, navigating with arrow keys and exiting with CTRL+C.

_daily.dev surfaces practical Python library walkthroughs like this for developers exploring terminal-based tooling._

### Why is the Spiel Python presentation library archived?

Spiel appears to be archived because it relies on a very old version of Textual that cannot be upgraded, though the GitHub page does not explicitly state the reason. The core idea, building slide decks rendered with the Rich package directly in a terminal, still works, but the project is no longer actively maintained.

_Developers evaluating archived open source tools can track maintenance status trends via daily.dev._

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