Deckyard
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Deckyard, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Deckyard's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free | MIT-licensed · no features held back for a paid edition · run on your own infrastructure |
| Managed hosting | Priced on request | Dedicated instance · hosted in Europe · contact for arrangements; no listed price |
The facts
Each one read from Deckyard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI
- AI is optional, uses a provider key chosen and paid for by the operator, and can draft typed slides, alt text and translations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- AI assistance
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Branding
- Themes are JSON files for colours, fonts, logos and layout rules, and changing a theme updates decks that use it, including published decks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Decks support per-person view, comment or edit permissions, slide comments, simultaneous editing and version history.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Managed hosting is described as a dedicated instance on a chosen domain with a separate database and application, hosted in Europe with TLS, upgrades, backups and monitoring handled.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Deckyard offers an MCP server and an embed SDK, while its homepage says connections to other applications still need to be built and tested.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- PowerPoint export
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- PowerPoint import
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Presenting
- Presenter view includes notes, the next slide, a timer, per-slide pacing and a highlighter; audience features include polls and moderated Q&A.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Publishing and export
- Decks can be published by link or embedded, shared with password or expiry rules, and exported as HTML, PDF, PowerPoint, PNG or JSON.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Deckyard is open-source presentation software with a visual editor for organisations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Reusable content
- Deckyard includes slide and image libraries, and a deck can carry multiple languages side by side.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The GDPR and Privacy documentation describes data export and deletion, analytics opt-out, lead anonymisation and cookie consent features.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Slide editor
- The editor offers 34 declared slide types and uses named fields with a preview that updates while you type.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support and limits
- The hosting page says there is no signup flow and asks organisations to contact Deckyard to discuss managed hosting; it also says the number of instances is limited.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,self-hosted,APIchecked 20 Sep 2026
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