sent-web

suckless's sent tool ported to the very sucky web world

A web-based reimplementation of suckless sent using Python and vanilla JavaScript.

features

• sent-compatible format - paragraphs = slides, # comments, @image slides, \ escapes
• keyboard navigation - arrow keys, hjkl, space, enter, backspace, pgup/pgdn (same as sent)
• mouse navigation - left-click right half = next, left half = prev, scroll wheel
• image upload - upload images and insert @filename references (50 MB cap)
• export - download as .sent file for local sent, or export .pdf for portability

usage

local python run

Requirements:

• Python 3.12+
• fontconfig (fc-list must be available)
• libmagic runtime (libmagic1 on Ubuntu)

Setup:

cd src
python3.12 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:3000 --workers 2 app:app

Then open http://localhost:3000.

presentation shortcuts

sent format

first slide title

second slide
with multiple lines

# this is a comment (ignored)

@image.png

\@this line starts with a literal @

\

technology

• Python 3.12+ - Flask backend
• vanilla JavaScript - no npm, no webpack, no react
• noir.css - classless CSS
• Gunicorn - production WSGI server
• fontconfig - fc-list for font enumeration
• python-magic + libmagic - content-based upload type checks

license

MIT