The best Slidev alternatives
5 tools that do a similar job to Slidev, 5 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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reveal.js
Open source · MIT · ★ 72.5k
A free HTML framework for building slide presentations that run in a web browser.
Best for: Developers who already write HTML, CSS, or JavaScript and want full control over slide design; People who want presentations as code that can be versioned and reviewed like other files
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Marp
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.7k
An entry point to the Marp family of tools for making slide decks from plain Markdown.
Best for: People who prefer writing slides as Markdown text rather than in a visual editor; Developers who want to generate slide decks from code or scripts
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mdx-deck
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.5k
Build slide presentations in React using MDX, with a zero-config setup.
Best for: Developers who already write React and want to present technical material; Teams that keep documentation in Markdown and want slides from the same source
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VitePress
Open source · MIT · ★ 18.5k
A static site generator built on Vite and Vue for writing documentation sites in Markdown.
Best for: Developers who want a documentation site for a software project; Teams that already use Vue or Vite and want a familiar toolchain
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docsify
Open source · MIT · ★ 31.6k
A tool that turns Markdown files into a documentation website with no build step.
Best for: Open-source maintainers who want a documentation site from existing Markdown files; Teams that want docs hosted on GitHub Pages without a build pipeline
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Slidev. We don't take payment for placement.