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DeckCP vs Slidev
Brilliant for developers who live in git. A wall for everyone else.
| What you can do | DeckCP | Slidev |
|---|---|---|
| Turn spoken or pasted text into a deck | You write the markdown yourself | |
| Edit slides by voice on your phone | ||
| Drag things exactly where you want them | No canvas — layout comes from code and themes | |
| Your own AI assistant can build and edit decks | Any assistant that speaks MCP | Agents can write its markdown files |
| Edit together, live | Through git | |
| Exports stay editable slides | PowerPoint export is pictures of slides | |
| Brand rules the whole team can't drift from | Themes, not rules |
Based on each product as of July 2026. If we got something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
Where Slidev shines
Slidev is free, open source, and built by developers for developers. A deck is a markdown file in git: it diffs, it reviews, it versions like the rest of your code. The code highlighting is the best in any presentation tool, and the presenter tooling — notes, timer, next-slide preview, drawing on slides, even driving the deck from your phone — is genuinely excellent.
Where DeckCP differs
The whole design assumes everyone who touches the deck is comfortable in a code editor. The moment a founder, a marketer, or a client needs to move a box, the markdown file becomes a wall. There's no canvas, no dragging, and the PowerPoint export is pictures of slides, not slides. DeckCP is built on the same idea Slidev proved — slides as structured content, not loose pixels — but gives it a visual editor anyone can use: drag it, say it out loud, or let your AI assistant edit it over MCP. Same structure underneath, no code editor required.
The bottom line
If your whole team writes code, use Slidev and enjoy it — it costs nothing. If your deck ever has to leave the engineering team, that's what DeckCP is for.
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