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<h1 align="center">DeckCraft</h1>
<p align="center">
<b>Presentations and slide shows; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft PowerPoint, rebuilt in pure Rust.</b>
<b>Presentations and slide shows; an open-source, modern presentation and slide designer, built in pure Rust.</b>
</p>
<p align="center">
Build decks with themes, layouts, shapes, pictures, tables, charts, transitions and animations,
open and save PowerPoint files, and present them full screen. Native on macOS, Windows, Linux
open and save .pptx presentation files, and present them full screen. Native on macOS, Windows, Linux
and FreeBSD, and in the browser. Every button is also a command that the CLI and AI agents
(through MCP) can drive.
</p>
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audio and video (MP3, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, Ogg, Opus, WAV, AIFF; H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1).
- **Present**: transitions (including Morph), entrance/emphasis/exit and motion-path animations,
by-paragraph builds, full-screen slide show, presenter view, pen, rehearse timings, media playback.
- **Exchange files**: open and save PowerPoint `.pptx`, export PDF (slides, notes pages, handouts
- **Exchange files**: open and save .pptx presentations, export PDF (slides, notes pages, handouts
with selectable text), PNG/JPEG, an animated GIF of the deck and outlines. Unsaved work is kept by AutoRecover.
- **Automate**: 200+ commands with undo, all scriptable from the CLI, a JSON control channel and an
MCP server for AI agents.
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`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/deckcraft/logs/`; macOS `~/Library/Application Support/DeckCraft/logs/`; Windows
`%APPDATA%\DeckCraft\logs\`). A start from a desktop menu or the Dock has no terminal, so this file
is what to attach to a bug report: the crash guard's panic report, a failed crash-recovery save,
PowerPoint parts skipped on import and audio output problems land there. Each launch moves the
Parts skipped on import and audio output problems land there. Each launch moves the
previous log to `deckcraft.1.log` (and that one to `deckcraft.2.log`), so the log of a run that
crashed survives the next start. The file stops growing at 16 MiB. `--version` writes no file.
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## Roadmap
DeckCraft is in **alpha**. It covers **84% of PowerPoint's features by breadth** (92% of the core
ones, measured) and is about **55% of the way to replacing PowerPoint for real work** (estimated).
DeckCraft is in **alpha**. It covers **84% of standard presentation features by breadth** (92% of the core
ones, measured) and is about **55% of the way to full professional readiness** (estimated).
See [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) for the stage, numbers by dimension and what's next,
[docs/target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md) for the full assessment,
[docs/gaps.md](docs/gaps.md) for every known shortfall and
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with its author, source and license in [ATTRIBUTION.md](ATTRIBUTION.md).
DeckCraft's themes, layouts, shape geometry, icons and sample decks are original work, drawn or
generated in code; no Microsoft artwork, fonts, themes or templates are used.
generated in code; no proprietary artwork, fonts, themes or templates are used.
The ArtCraft name, wordmark and logos in [`docs/brand/`](docs/brand/) are trademarks of the
ArtCraft Team and are not covered by this license. They may be used only unmodified, and only as
part of this repository and DeckCraft, under [`docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt`](docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt).
Forks and modified versions must remove them.
<sub>Microsoft and PowerPoint are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Acrobat, After Effects and InDesign are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. DeckCraft is an independent, open-source project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation or Adobe Inc.; these names are used only to describe the workflows it is compatible with.</sub>
<p align="center">
<a href="https://getartcraft.com/"><img alt="ArtCraft" src="docs/brand/artcraft-mark.svg" width="28"></a><br>
<sub>Made by the <a href="https://getartcraft.com/">ArtCraft</a> team and community.</sub>