TajiCastThe best free church presentation software
You don't need an expensive subscription to put songs, slides and scripture on screen. There's a genuinely good set of free tools in 2026 — several of them open source. Here's an honest rundown of the strongest options, what each is best at, and where TajiCast fits (the free tool that shows the verse automatically).
Free full presentation suites
These handle songs, slides, media and manual scripture — the everyday running of a service.
FreeShow
Modern, open-source, and actively developed. Multiple outputs, NDI, cloud sync and phone/tablet remote control. The best pick if you want a contemporary free suite. Windows, Mac & Linux.
OpenLP
Mature and rock-solid — serving 3,500+ churches since 2004. Songs, Bibles, presentations and remote control across Windows, Mac, Linux & more. The interface is dated and the learning curve steeper, but it's dependable.
Quelea
Open-source and cross-platform, with song lyrics, Bibles, video, a musician stage view for chords, and integrations like OpenSong, CCLI SongSelect and YouVersion.
VideoPsalm
A free, multilingual all-in-one for songs, scripture, notices and media, with on-the-fly slide editing and easy import from many other formats.
Free scripture display
BibleShow
Free and focused purely on putting scripture on screen — 180+ translations, up to four synchronized Bible versions across screens, and NDI output. Manual: you click to bring up each passage.
Automatic verse detection — the thing the others don't do
Every tool above is manual: someone builds the slide or clicks to show the verse. The gap is the live sermon, when the preacher jumps to a passage off-script.
How to choose
- Need a full presentation suite? Start with FreeShow (modern) or OpenLP (mature). Both are free and open source.
- Mostly showing scripture manually? BibleShow is free and purpose-built for it.
- Want the verse to appear on its own during the sermon? Add TajiCast — no other free tool detects the spoken verse automatically.
- Best of both? Combine them — a suite like FreeShow for songs and slides, plus TajiCast for automatic verses over NDI.