Kivo - A lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6

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Summary

Kivo is a lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6, providing a clean always-on-top reading overlay for scripts and presentations. It is currently in MVP stage.

<p>Kivo provides a clean, always-on-top reading overlay for scripts, AI-generated content, presentations, and video recordings.</p> <p>Features</p> <ul> <li>Frameless, always-on-top overlay</li> <li>Modern rounded UI with a translucent background</li> <li>Draggable window</li> <li>Open any text (.txt) file</li> <li>Automatically reloads when the file changes</li> <li>Smooth teleprompter-style auto-scrolling</li> <li>Adjustable scrolling speed</li> <li>Pause and resume scrolling</li> <li>Lightweight and distraction-free</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/8xc7cl/kivo_lightweight_desktop_teleprompter">Comments</a></p>
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rajtilakjee/kivo

Source: https://github.com/rajtilakjee/kivo

Kivo

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A lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6.

Kivo provides a clean, always-on-top reading overlay for scripts, AI-generated content, presentations, and video recordings.

Status: 🚧 MVP (v0.1.0)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/eaa42e1f-77f2-406f-9cee-83f556f3c61d

Features

  • Frameless, always-on-top overlay
  • Modern rounded UI with a translucent background
  • Draggable window
  • Open any text (.txt) file
  • Automatically reloads when the file changes
  • Smooth teleprompter-style auto-scrolling
  • Adjustable scrolling speed
  • Pause and resume scrolling
  • Lightweight and distraction-free

Keyboard Shortcuts

ShortcutAction
EscClose Kivo
SpacePause / Resume scrolling
↑Increase scrolling speed
↓Decrease scrolling speed

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rajtilakjee/kivo.git
cd kivo

Install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the application:

python main.py

Building

Create a standalone executable using PyInstaller:

pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name Kivo main.py

The executable will be generated inside the dist/ directory.

Star History

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Roadmap

  • Settings window
  • Global hotkeys
  • Remember last opened file
  • Font customization
  • Adjustable opacity
  • Scroll speed presets
  • Mirror mode
  • Multiple themes
  • Custom teleprompter rendering
  • Cross-platform releases

Tech Stack

  • Python 3
  • PySide6 (Qt for Python)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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