slidev-decks

A lean, zero-config CLI for managing multiple Slidev presentations in a single repository. Minimal dependencies, no build pipeline integration - just a fast picker and full Slidev CLI pass-through.

Also available as sd for quick access.

Quick Start

npx slidev-decks init       # set up repo with scripts + template
npm run new                 # create your first presentation
npm run dev                 # start dev server with deck picker

Or install globally with npm install -g slidev-decks, or use directly with npx slidev-decks.

Usage

sd                          # interactive picker
sd ai                       # fuzzy match against folder names and titles
sd -y                       # auto-select most recent deck
sd new                      # create a new presentation (interactive wizard)
sd new 2026-04-my-talk      # pre-fill name, wizard for the rest
sd build ai                 # build for production
sd build ai --base /talks/  # build with custom base path
sd build --all              # build all decks into dist/<name>/
sd build --all -f "2026-*"  # build only matching decks
sd build --all --continue-on-error  # keep going on failures
sd export ai --dark         # export to PDF/PNG/PPTX
sd list                     # list all decks with titles and dates

Any flags slidev-decks doesn't recognize are forwarded directly to Slidev.

Features

Auto-Discovery — No config needed. Scans for slides.md in decks/, talks/, presentations/, or the current directory. Whichever exists first is used.

Fuzzy Matching — Pass a query to skip the picker. Matches one deck? Starts immediately. Matches several? Shows a filtered picker.

Package Manager Detection — Automatically uses bun, pnpm, npm, or yarn based on your lockfile.

Frontmatter Metadata — Reads title, date, and author from each deck's slides.md for the picker and list output. Also extracts dates from folder names (e.g., 2026-03-my-talk).

Incremental Builds — build --all automatically skips decks that haven't changed since the last build, based on file modification times.

Templates — Supports multiple local templates via the _template-* naming convention. Templates use {{PLACEHOLDER}} syntax ({{TITLE}}, {{SUBTITLE}}, {{AUTHOR}}, {{YEAR}}, {{NAME}}, {{DESCRIPTION}}) that gets replaced during deck creation. init offers a choice between a minimal and a styled starting template.

Repo Structure

my-talks/
├── package.json
├── decks/
│   ├── _template/                  # default template
│   ├── _template-styled/           # optional additional templates
│   ├── 2026-03-ai-talk/
│   │   ├── slides.md
│   │   ├── style.css
│   │   └── public/
│   └── 2026-04-react-conf/
│       ├── slides.md
│       └── style.css

GitHub Action

A reusable composite action is included for building and deploying all decks to GitHub Pages.

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Deploy Presentations

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

permissions:
  contents: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Build all decks
        uses: afonsojramos/slidev-decks/action@main
        with:
          base: "/"
          install-command: "npm ci"

      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
        with:
          path: dist

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
        id: deployment

The action builds every deck into dist/<deck-name>/, generates an index.html, and outputs the dist path for deployment.

| Input | Default | Description | | ---------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | base | / | Base path for deployment | | install-command | npm ci | Command to install dependencies | | slidev-decks-version | local | Version to install globally (local uses the version from your package.json) |

Prior Art

• antfu/talks — Anthony Fu's talks repo with a custom ~40-line picker script
• slidevjs/slidev#2487 — Feature request for multi-deck support in Slidev

License

MIT