FreeShow is a free, open-source presenter for creating and showing lyrics, slides, scripture, and media, with a focus on worship presentations. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its editor can change text font, size, and color, add outlines and shadows, and edit text during a presentation. Slides can autoplay on timers, and countdowns and MIDI commands can handle slide changes or external actions. Output options include simultaneous views, web output for mobile devices, NDI, and mobile remote control. Users can add images and videos as backgrounds, and built-in YouTube and Vimeo players are listed. The software can look up scripture passages and create song slides from title searches; its features page describes access to over 200 Bibles through API.Bible. Imports include PowerPoint, ProPresenter, EasyWorship, and OpenSong, with exports available in multiple formats. Cloud sync supports work on presentations from different computers, while media uses a repository linked to the local file system.
Who it is for
FreeShow suits worship presenters and churches looking for free presentation software for lyrics, scripture, slides, and media. Its multi-output, MIDI, and mobile remote-control options may also fit presentations that need more than one display.
What is good
- Free and open-source presentation software.
- Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Supports scripture and song-title searches.
- Offers simultaneous outputs and mobile remote control.
What to know first
- Cloud-synced media uses a repository linked to the local file system.
- The privacy policy does not specifically describe FreeShow application security or certification.
Verdict
FreeShow combines worship-focused presentation tools with multiple output options and support for common presentation imports. Consider how its local-file-linked media repository fits your cloud-sync workflow.
FreeShow plans and pricing
All plansCompared on church presentation software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Lyrics display
- Yes
- Scripture display
- Yes
- Stage display
- Yes
- Multi-screen output
- Yes
- Media playback
- Yes
- Supported platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
