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SlideHTML – render HTML files as slides

SlideHTML – render HTML files as slides

by creativegodong·Mar 7, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidBig BrainShip It

HTML-native slide workflow plays to LLMs' strengths, but slides-as-code solves no pain vs. Gamma.

Strengths
  • •LLMs naturally generate valid HTML, eliminating format conversion friction between AI and output
  • •No proprietary format or export overhead; live rendering of any CDN library, animation, or embed works
  • •Genuinely clever insight: position HTML as LLM's native language rather than fighting PowerPoint binary or Markdown limitations
Weaknesses
  • •Presentation-building is already solved by Gamma, Beautiful.ai, and Slides.com with better UX for non-technical users
  • •Three-hour build shows polish but also suggests missing features like templates, theme management, or collaboration
Target Audience

Presenters and content creators who use LLMs to generate slides

Similar To

Gamma · Slides.com · Beautiful.ai

Post Description

Hi HN,

I built SlideHTML as a small experiment after noticing that LLMs are surprisingly good at writing HTML layouts.

Instead of building another slide editor, I tried the opposite approach: let AI generate slides directly as HTML.

SlideHTML is a small Electron app that simply watches a folder and renders each HTML file as a slide.

My workflow is basically:

1. Open a folder 2. Ask Claude Code or Gemini CLI to generate slides 3. SlideHTML renders them live 4. Hit present

No editor, no proprietary format — just HTML.

The whole thing was built in about 3 hours as an experiment.

Curious what HN thinks about HTML as a slide format in the AI era.

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