OneTimeThe auto-layout deck builder you buy once.
Beautiful.ai charges $12-40 a month, forever, for auto-layout slides. The auto-layout logic is the whole product, and your decks live in their cloud. Slidecraft does the same reflow trick entirely on your machine, for $29 once.
Slidecraft in 60 seconds
Everything in the box
Content-aware slides that reflow themselves, real PPTX and PDF export, 100% offline.
Content-aware smart layouts
Title, bullet list, two-column, image+text, chart, quote and agenda layouts recompute font sizes, columns and spacing automatically so nothing overflows or overlaps.
Theme system
5 palettes plus font pairings apply globally and carry zero geometry, so swapping a theme never breaks a layout.
Native charts
Bar, line and pie charts from typed-in data render as vectors in the editor and PDF, and export as real editable PowerPoint charts, not screenshots.
Speaker notes + presenter mode
Full-screen presenting with next-slide preview, a notes pane, an elapsed timer and keyboard navigation.
Real exports
.pptx via pptxgenjs opens in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides, and 16:9 vector .pdf via pdfkit, both running headless in pure Node.
Own your files
Decks are plain-JSON .slidecraft files you can version in git if you like.
Slidecraft vs Beautiful.ai
Beautiful.ai charges $12-40/mo. Here's what actually differs.
| Slidecraft | Beautiful.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once | $12-40/mo |
| Auto-layout slides | Yes | Yes |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| PPTX export | Yes | Paid tiers only |
| PDF export | Yes | Yes |
| Presenter mode w/ notes + timer | Yes | Yes |
| Your decks stored | On your disk, plain JSON | Their cloud |
| AI design suggestions | No | Yes |
Slidecraft costs less than one month of Beautiful.ai's Pro plan, then never asks again.
One price. No asterisks.
Desktop app — pay once, it's yours on your machine forever.
Download Slidecraft
install, then sign in with Whop. Your purchase unlocks it; there is no licence key to enter.
Slidecraft
Windows and macOS. Buy once, download any time — this page always links the current build.
Up and running in three steps
Buy once on Whop
One payment of $29 gets the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/presentation-builder-mvp and run it yourself for free.
Install and open the editor
Runs 100% local as a desktop app: slide thumbnails, live inspector, no accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.
Build and export
Type your content, let the layouts reflow, then export real editable .pptx or a 16:9 .pdf.
Fair questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes, Slidecraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/presentation-builder-mvp. The $29 buys the packaged Windows 1-click installer and updates; building from source is free.
Where do my decks live?
On your disk as plain-JSON .slidecraft files. Nothing is uploaded, no cloud, no telemetry.
Does it match Beautiful.ai feature for feature?
No, honestly. Beautiful.ai has more layout variety and AI design assistance. Slidecraft covers the seven layouts behind about 95% of real decks and does the same content-reflow trick offline.
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Stop renting. Own Slidecraft.
Content-aware slides that reflow themselves, real PPTX and PDF export, 100% offline.
Get Slidecraft — $29 once