Kivo - A lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6

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)

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• 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
• and resume scrolling
• Lightweight and distraction-free

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

Create a standalone executable using PyInstaller:

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

The executable will be generated inside the dist/

directory.

• 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

• Python 3

• PySide6 (Qt for Python)

This project is licensed under the MIT License.