Moloch: A Minimalist, Feature-Rich Beamer Theme

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Beamer

Moloch

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Authors

Johan Larsson

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Published

5 May 2026

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TUGboat, vol. 47, pp. 67-74

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Abstract

Moloch is a fork of the popular, but unmaintained, LaTeX Beamer theme Metropolis. It fixes outstanding issues in Metropolis while preserving the original minimalist design. In this article we introduce Moloch’s features and options, provide guidance for Metropolis users transitioning to Moloch, and describe the documentation system that we use to generate both PDF and HTML documentation.

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@article{larsson2026,
  author = {Larsson, Johan},
  title = {Moloch: {A} {Minimalist,} {Feature-Rich} {Beamer} {Theme}},
  journal = {TUGboat},
  volume = {47},
  number = {145},
  pages = {67-74},
  date = {2026-05-05},
  url = {https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb47-1/tb145larsson-moloch.html},
  doi = {10.47397/tb/47-1/tb145larsson-moloch},
  issn = {0896-3207},
  langid = {en},
  abstract = {Moloch is a fork of the popular, but unmaintained, LaTeX
    Beamer theme Metropolis. It fixes outstanding issues in Metropolis
    while preserving the original minimalist design. In this article we
    introduce Moloch’s features and options, provide guidance for
    Metropolis users transitioning to Moloch, and describe the
    documentation system that we use to generate both PDF and HTML
    documentation.}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Larsson, Johan. 2026. “Moloch: A Minimalist, Feature-Rich Beamer Theme.” TUGboat 47 (145): 67–74. https://doi.org/10.47397/tb/47-1/tb145larsson-moloch.