Slidesdown
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The facts
Each one read from Slidesdown's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authoring features
- The presentation template includes settings for themes, code highlighting, controls, progress display, looping, and automatic slide progression.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Authoring format
- Presentations use a file named SLIDES.md and can include metadata and presentation settings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- CLI
- Slidesdown provides a CLI to open local presentation files in the online viewer or in a local Docker viewer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The CLI requires the nu interpreter; Docker is required for offline presentations and hot reloading while editing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Getting started
- The Learn page says a first slideshow can be set up in less than five minutes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local file privacy
- For local files opened in the online viewer, the README says the file is served from a local web server to the local browser and is not transmitted to an online service.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Nix support
- The README documents installation using a Nix Flake or one-time use with nix run.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- The README says the Docker-hosted viewer can be used fully offline.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Online viewer
- The online viewer opens a Markdown presentation using its URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- PDF export
- The CLI can export slides as PDF using Docker or a local decktape installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Presentation framework
- Slidesdown is powered by the reveal.js presentation framework.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Presenter mode
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Publishing
- The instructions describe publishing presentations through a GitHub repository or GitHub Gist.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing integrations
- The README describes publishing presentations through a GitHub repository or a GitHub Gist and opening them in the online viewer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Slidesdown creates presentations from Markdown files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Styling integrations
- The example presentation references UnoCSS and Tailwind CSS for styling and Icônes for icons.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported presentation settings
- The example configuration includes themes, code highlighting themes, controls, progress display, looping, and automatic slide progression.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Slidesdown creates presentations from Markdown files.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- webchecked 20 Sep 2026
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