{"slug": "slidev", "name": "Slidev", "category": "dev-libs", "category_name": "Libraries and frameworks", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 3.572, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-02-12", "latest": "2026-10-14", "why": "slidev markdown-based slides, I often have a code-agent make these.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "slidev markdown-based slides, I often have a code-agent make these.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "sli.dev", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://sli.dev/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Slidev"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 801457200, "item_id": 50091075, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091075", "by": "bdelrosario", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend this article on \"Creating interactive slides with LLMs, Slidev and Rough.js\".", "excerpt": "There are a lot of ways around this I believe - plus I've found people aren't that great at calling out things generated with AI when put to the test. AI is doing the heavy lifting, so you can spend more of your time on what matters - getting your point across. I highly recommend this article on \"Creating interactive slides with LLMs, Slidev and Rough.js\". Pretty interesting stuff - https://svrnm.com/blog/creating-in", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM-generated slides", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you think about AI generated slides for conferences?"}, {"id": 784193616, "item_id": 49012101, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012101", "by": "d4rkp4ttern", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "slidev markdown-based slides, I often have a code-agent make these.", "excerpt": "Love it. Like some others here, I've been making html presentations with code-agents and they come out really nice. Other alternatives for that suit different purposes are these: - slidev markdown-based slides, I often have a code-agent make these. https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev - typst slides are great looking too, especially with math etc. Again easy for agents to do One minor nit: Based on the title, I thought", "context": "", "use_case": "markdown-based presentations", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)"}, {"id": 751922976, "item_id": 46995186, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995186", "by": "beklein", "date": "2026-02-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "check https://sli.dev as an easy start", "excerpt": "The end result would be a normal PPT presentation, check https://sli.dev as an easy start, ask Codex/Claude/... to generate the slides using that framework with data from something.md. The interesting part here is generating these otherwise boring slide decks not with PowerPoint itself but with AI coding agents and a master slides, AGENTS.md context. 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Like some others here, I've been making html presentations with code-agents and they come out really nice. Other alternatives for that suit different purposes are these: - slidev markdown-based slides, I often have a code-agent make these. https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev - typst slides are great looking too, especially with math etc. Again easy for agents to do One minor nit: Based on the title, I thought", "context": "", "use_case": "markdown-based presentations", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)"}, {"id": 758965762, "item_id": 47435360, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435360", "by": "nonconstant", "date": "2026-03-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "a plugin (for Slidev and Reveal.js)", "excerpt": "Hey! I started using web presentations recently, so I went ahead and built something super fun - a plugin (for Slidev and Reveal.js) that adds interactive slides: ask a question and watch answers coming in, in real time. People scan a QR code and respond from their mobile browsers. It's powered by the free version of our product (AnyCable, I'm a co-founder) - but AnyCable is also MIT licensed, so no vendor lock. It j", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": null}, {"id": 753720914, "item_id": 47107557, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107557", "by": "red_hare", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "translating those notes into Slidev slides", "excerpt": "I use Claude Code for lecture prep. I craft a detailed and ordered set of lecture notes in a Quarto file and then have a dedicated claude code skill for translating those notes into Slidev slides, in the style that I like. Once that's done, much like the author, I go through the slides and make commented annotations like \"this should be broken into two slides\" or \"this should be a side-by-side\" or \"use your generate ", "context": "lecturer", "use_case": "lecture slides", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution"}, {"id": 751922976, "item_id": 46995186, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995186", "by": "beklein", "date": "2026-02-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "check https://sli.dev as an easy start", "excerpt": "The end result would be a normal PPT presentation, check https://sli.dev as an easy start, ask Codex/Claude/... to generate the slides using that framework with data from something.md. The interesting part here is generating these otherwise boring slide decks not with PowerPoint itself but with AI coding agents and a master slides, AGENTS.md context. 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