Amaroad
Open-source AI slide tool that runs in your terminalBuild slides with AI agents without leaving the terminal
Highlights
What you can do with it
- Startup teams build investor pitch decks with project intro, market analysis, and business model
- Dev teams generate sprint review slides from code and docs
- Technical instructors build teaching slides with code examples and diagrams
How to use it
- 1 Clone the repository with git clone
- 2 Run pnpm install and pnpm run dev to start the environment
- 3 Tell an AI agent such as Claude to create your slides
- 4 Preview in the browser and keep issuing revision instructions
- 5 Export to PDF or PPTX, or share the live URL with your team
Who it is for
Pros
- Free of charge under the MIT open-source license
- No context switching, you stay in the terminal
- AI agents can edit slides in parallel
- Rich templates plus AI-generated images and SVG charts
Limitations
- Command-line workflow means a real learning cost for people who do not code
- Depends on external AI agents such as Claude or Cursor, so their access and pricing affect you
- Needs a local Node setup with pnpm, not a pure web page
- AI output still needs human review before you present it
What Amaroad is
Amaroad is an open-source, AI-first slide creation environment built for developers. Instead of a web editor, you work in the terminal. You give instructions to an AI agent such as Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, or Cursor, and it drafts, revises, and shares slides for you. The project uses the MIT license and the site states it is free of charge. Its pitch is zero context switching: you write code and build slides in the same place, without jumping between apps. It ships with 100 built-in templates, live preview with hot reload, and export to PDF and PPTX, plus AI-generated images and SVG charts from plain text.
What you can do with it
- Ask an AI agent to draft slides from a short instruction, such as five slides for a sprint review
- Assign one agent per slide and revise several slides in parallel
- Preview every save instantly with hot reload in the browser
- Export to PDF or PPTX, or share a live URL with teammates through Cloudflare Tunnel
- Generate images with Gemini or Codex GPT and build SVG charts, flowcharts, and architecture diagrams from text
Who it is for
- Developers who want to produce slides without leaving the terminal
- Startup teams that build pitch decks often and want AI help with structure and copy
- Technical instructors who teach with code blocks, charts, and diagrams
- Any team that already lives in an editor and resists switching to a slide app
What to watch out for
This is a command-line tool, so there is a learning cost. You need to be comfortable cloning a repository, running pnpm install and pnpm run dev, and working with AI agents through a terminal. It also depends on external agents such as Claude or Cursor, so their availability, access rules, and pricing affect your workflow even though Amaroad itself is free. The AI can draft slides fast, but the content still needs human review before you present it. Because it is open source, features and setup steps can change between versions, so follow the repository instructions for the version you install.
FAQ
Is Amaroad free?
Yes. It uses the MIT open-source license and the site states it is free of charge.
Do I need to install anything?
Yes. You clone the repository and run pnpm install and pnpm run dev locally.
Which AI agents does it work with?
Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor are listed as examples.
What formats can I export?
PDF and PPTX, and you can share a live URL through Cloudflare Tunnel.
Why it is free
What the official page says： free of charge
Free limits, trial length and features are decided by the official site and can change at any time.
Product preview
Screenshot archived from the listing page, for preview only.
