{"slug": "kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6", "title": "Kivo - A lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6", "summary": "Kivo, a lightweight desktop teleprompter built with PySide6, has been released as an MVP. The open-source tool provides a frameless, always-on-top overlay for scripts and presentations, featuring auto-scrolling and adjustable speed. It is available on GitHub under the MIT License.", "body_md": "A lightweight desktop teleprompter built with **PySide6**.\n\nKivo provides a clean, always-on-top reading overlay for scripts, AI-generated content, presentations, and video recordings.\n\nStatus:🚧 MVP (v0.1.0)\n\n## kivo-demo.mp4\n\n- Frameless, always-on-top overlay\n- Modern rounded UI with a translucent background\n- Draggable window\n- Open any text (\n`.txt`\n\n) file - Automatically reloads when the file changes\n- Smooth teleprompter-style auto-scrolling\n- Adjustable scrolling speed\n- Pause and resume scrolling\n- Lightweight and distraction-free\n\n| Shortcut | Action |\n|---|---|\n`Esc` |\nClose Kivo |\n`Space` |\nPause / Resume scrolling |\n`↑` |\nIncrease scrolling speed |\n`↓` |\nDecrease scrolling speed |\n\nClone the repository:\n\n```\ngit clone https://github.com/rajtilakjee/kivo.git\ncd kivo\n```\n\nInstall the dependencies:\n\n```\npip install -r requirements.txt\n```\n\nRun the application:\n\n```\npython main.py\n```\n\nCreate a standalone executable using PyInstaller:\n\n```\npyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name Kivo main.py\n```\n\nThe executable will be generated inside the `dist/`\n\ndirectory.\n\n- Settings window\n- Global hotkeys\n- Remember last opened file\n- Font customization\n- Adjustable opacity\n- Scroll speed presets\n- Mirror mode\n- Multiple themes\n- Custom teleprompter rendering\n- Cross-platform releases\n\n- Python 3\n- PySide6 (Qt for Python)\n\nThis project is licensed under the MIT License.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/rajtilakjee/kivo", "published_at": "2026-06-29 04:26:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-29 04:28:37.916944+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Kivo", "PySide6", "GitHub", "PyInstaller", "Python"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kivo-a-lightweight-desktop-teleprompter-built-with-pyside6.jsonld"}}