FreeShow1.6.5

Build and run presentations for services, lyrics, events, and other live programs with FreeShow’s presenter workspace. Slides can combine formatted text with images and videos used as backgrounds, while templates and dynamic layouts let you arrange content and display areas to fit each production.

Text styling includes font, size, color, outlines, and shadows, and Edit mode allows wording changes while a presentation is live. Autoplay timers move through slides automatically, and built-in countdowns can show a congregation when a service is about to begin. MIDI commands can advance slides or trigger lighting and other changes when slides change.

FreeShow can send distinct views at the same time for an in-person audience, an online audience, and leaders watching a stage display. NDI output sends lyrics directly to the computer handling an online stream, while web output lets mobile devices show material such as pastor sermon notes or musicians’ references. A pastor or worship minister can also control the show from a mobile device, which suits rehearsals and smaller churches.

It is aimed especially at churches, but also supports anyone creating presentation-based events. FreeShow 1.6.5 is freeware and open-source software for MacOS on Apple Silicon (arm64).