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Latest version 0.12.0, released 2026-10-28
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-x64.msi · 82.4 MB
deckcraft-0.12.0-macos-universal.dmg · 111 MB
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage · 97.6 MB
Windows
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip
SHA-256 d30dcb9375d9f32e1a251768f5cf21117714f71912572514b8245f31ce940110
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-arm64.msi
SHA-256 e2137458a3deddc76ebac89e59cd6ebebc1bd465b0649e3654fe3d661abbaa0f
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-x64-portable.zip
SHA-256 3cffd4abee0b7f330ae406bc6fd33a74e3b7b5e7919ebc5d20faa77cef5b3bea
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-x86-portable.zip
SHA-256 fdd6d6261650b88f715a1a5ec009b81f8ce506a04833e3b331709798869fd778
deckcraft-0.12.0-windows-x86.msi
SHA-256 df54653a1ce1ecc4b5aff82f3b9e4ba4474e1ec0f41a74f4af3a4646fcacf838
macOS
deckcraft-cli-0.12.0-macos-universal.zip
SHA-256 dfd374a5af7139344bf06fbb52beb6f0f255e54276ae20b5d457ce4f958a8322
Linux
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage
SHA-256 7d24a225a515d969952500543fe91367a9560f488fb327c86b42f3ef690cb61c
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.deb
SHA-256 b6ffde3350923f9776e1f950ef2edb0c95627728c10411b90e1ded092e9afa57
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak
SHA-256 5c429fede0138480554791f26f12e15d16a21c10f2e0a7fc3088fec8095777e7
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 b3c33447b575d96baf50acbe926222e195fd0e7ea4ef28dae7344d1ecbbd51b5
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.rpm
SHA-256 f4a990f15d0812194aa7782a0dc0a9e2b6d1f4d32533073fcb999efbde2a8fa1
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
SHA-256 2312f1c0e0bf131faa525d71d265ba07734227fd2d174afbea00e95bcf93d353
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-riscv64.deb
SHA-256 1a04fd0650352cc41c8b02780846339289bf11dec058fdeb00f40f130730d691
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-riscv64.rpm
SHA-256 007cb2baa9afb51bf8c77067d8ba41863f06c67fe3a15420ff6abef15cfd908f
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz
SHA-256 b8a622a7da5707981bf4e5e44cf6d78baba7ea8fb18e5de78ab8842ad752a255
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.deb
SHA-256 320e5bef41fdb10410d2166c419ac6b2dfabcba171c637a26dc5b3747e29b8d4
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak
SHA-256 4f4fb811588bcb51fd20f2b275f7957478447be967ffb238ab90f7a6f73dd104
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 03b2a5cef2ddfa84a899a46e72aaf583d9902e448e952e460ad747f7381cf972
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.rpm
SHA-256 3d784fc4b2b56b570ab5bb5c293a8a85357020236f29e1223ef177b4f65939ef
deckcraft-0.12.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 4a410d3caa423e873d0dcab51c98e06588f55bdfcf03e9c1e91409a86c08de3e
FreeBSD
deckcraft-0.12.0-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 ec1a66e6c35514bb86d4b0642f3719a61c5663a4bbc265122fac965f8197eeb7
Web
deckcraft-web-0.12.0.zip
SHA-256 4625fc2b66f0a0065b1cd549d94dd51f4e0f4f6082638d399c530ffdc56ebab5
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In one or two sentences, before anything else.
DeckCraft is a free, open-source presentation app from the ArtCraft team (GitHub: storytold) that rebuilds Microsoft PowerPoint from scratch in Rust. It makes and presents slide decks, opens and saves PowerPoint .pptx files, and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser. The project calls it alpha software.
What it can do, one sentence each, and whether we actually tested it.
Slide masters and eleven layouts whose placeholders inherit position and formatting, eight original themes with colour and font schemes, sections, speaker notes, comments, headers and footers, and custom slide sizes.
More than 150 preset shapes with adjust handles, connectors that stay glued to shapes, freeform, curve and scribble tools, merge shapes, gradient, picture and pattern fills, and shadow, glow, soft-edge and reflection effects.
In-place text editing with full font and paragraph formatting, bullets and numbering, columns, autofit, vertical text, fields and hyperlinks.
The project's gap list says fonts have only Regular, Bold and Italic faces so far (#69).
Pictures with crop and corrections, tables with styles, charts, basic SmartArt, audio (MP3, AAC, FLAC, Ogg, Opus, WAV and more) and video (H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1).
The gap list says SVG pictures don't render yet and SmartArt editing is shallow.
Transitions including Morph, entrance, emphasis, exit and motion-path animations, a full-screen slide show, presenter view, pen, rehearsed timings and media playback.
The gap list says presenter view isn't placed on the second display yet.
Opens and saves PowerPoint .pptx; exports PDF (slides, notes pages and handouts with selectable text), PNG and JPEG images, an animated GIF of the deck and outlines. AutoRecover keeps unsaved work.
Legacy .ppt and OpenDocument .odp files don't open, and PDF export turns slide artwork into images (docs/gaps.md).
More than 200 commands with undo, all scriptable from the deckcraft-cli tool, a JSON control channel and an MCP server for AI agents.
The people it helps and the problems it solves, and where it ranks.
Built for
Problems it solves
What the project's documentation says you can do with it.
Case 1
Input
A .pptx deck from a colleague, opened in DeckCraft, with one slide's title and chart changed, then saved as .pptx.
What the docs say
The README says DeckCraft opens and saves PowerPoint .pptx files and keeps unsaved work with AutoRecover. Caveat: the roadmap says PPTX has never been tested on a corpus of real decks, and the gap list records media options and rewind being lost on a PPTX round trip (#74, #77).
Case 2
Input
A finished deck with transitions and animations, started as a full-screen slide show with presenter view on a laptop connected to a projector.
What the docs say
The README lists transitions (including Morph), animations, a full-screen slide show, presenter view, a pen and rehearse timings. Caveat: the gap list says presenter view isn't placed on the second display yet.
Case 3
Input
A deck exported as PDF notes pages, each slide above its speaker notes, with text you can select and copy.
What the docs say
The README says PDF export covers slides, notes pages and handouts with selectable text. Caveat: the gap list says PDF export turns slide artwork into images, so files are large and blurry when zoomed or printed, and DeckCraft has no Print command of its own yet.
Case 4
Input
deckcraft-cli run --sample --cmd 'slide.new={"layout":"titleOnly","title":"Hello"}' --save hello.deckcraftWhat the docs say
The README says every action is a command with a stable id, so people, scripts and AI agents use the same verbs; deckcraft-cli mcp starts an MCP server, and --automation-read-root and --automation-write-root confine a headless agent to folders. Caveat: the release has a separate command-line download only for macOS; the README lists none for Windows or Linux.
What it does badly, with the evidence, and what we could not settle.
Weak
Alpha software: anyone who has to deliver PowerPoint decks to clients or colleagues on a deadline should not rely on DeckCraft yet.
Evidence: The roadmap labels DeckCraft alpha and estimates it is about 55% of the way to replacing PowerPoint for real work. It says PPTX has never been tested on a corpus of real decks, and that beta needs the round-trip losses (#70, #74, #77) and the data-loss and startup-crash bugs (#60, #40, #59) fixed.
Closing an edited presentation can discard your changes without asking.
Evidence: docs/gaps.md, issue #60: quitting prompts, but closing a presentation doesn't. The fix (PR #75) was still open when we checked.
On some Windows PCs the app crashes at start.
Evidence: docs/gaps.md lists startup crashes on some Windows GPUs: #59 (Intel UHD) and #40 (one Windows 11 PC where WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft all fail). The DirectX 12 default fixed only the crash in AMD's atio6axx.dll.
No printing, and exported PDFs carry slide artwork as images.
Evidence: docs/gaps.md: Print is missing (a browser-print PR, #66, is open), and the PDF writer places each slide as an image under a selectable text layer, so PDFs are large and blurry when zoomed or printed.
Legacy .ppt, .pot and .pps files and OpenDocument .odp files don't open, and SVG pictures don't render.
Evidence: docs/gaps.md: no import of the 97–2003 binary formats, no .odp, and nothing reads SVG, so SVG icons show only their raster fallback.
The interface is English only.
Evidence: ROADMAP.md: English only today, with no string catalog yet; Simplified Chinese is at 0%. Its progress log records input-method typing for Chinese, Japanese and Korean in slide text, notes and fields on 2026-10-12.
Uncertain
How faithfully real decks made in PowerPoint display in DeckCraft and survive a save.
Why unsure: The project's PPTX corpus is only decks it authored, with no PowerPoint reference renders (docs/gaps.md, gap 1), and we have not opened any files ourselves.
Speed on large decks.
Why unsure: The roadmap marks performance as unmeasured; slides rasterize on the CPU and there is no performance baseline yet.
Whether the 84% feature-breadth figure covers the features you use.
Why unsure: The figure is the project's own measurement over its checklist of 191 PowerPoint features, not an independent comparison.
The facts, each with its source and the date we checked it.
| Spec | Value | Note and source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 USD | Free and open source Source: github.comchecked |
| License | MIT or Apache-2.0 | Dual-licensed, at your option Source: github.comchecked |
| Written in | Rust | Clean-room reimplementation; no Microsoft artwork, fonts, themes or templates Source: github.comchecked |
| Stage | Alpha | The project's own label; the next stage is beta Source: github.comchecked |
| Opens and saves | .pptx | .potx and .ppsx also open; .ppt and .odp are not supported Source: github.comchecked |
| Exports | PDF, PNG, JPEG, animated GIF, outline | Source: github.comchecked |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, web | Windows x64, ARM64 and 32-bit; macOS universal; Linux x86_64 and ARM64, plus RISC-V 64 Source: github.comchecked |
| Code signing | Windows installers and executables code-signed; macOS app signed and notarized | Source: github.comchecked |
| Interface language | English | No other interface languages yet Source: github.comchecked |
| Automation | CLI, JSON control channel, MCP server | 200+ commands with undo Source: github.comchecked |
Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.
DeckCraft is free to download and use, and its source code is open under your choice of the MIT or Apache-2.0 license. The README mentions no paid edition.
Why
The README states the dual license, and both are permissive open-source licenses.
DeckCraft's official builds are published on the storytold/deckcraft GitHub releases page, which is where the buttons on this page point. The README says the Windows installers and executables are code-signed, the macOS app is signed and notarized, and SHA256SUMS.txt lists a checksum for every file.
Limits
Code signing tells you who built the file; it is not a security audit of the app.
Next step
Download only from github.com/storytold/deckcraft or this page, and compare the file's checksum with SHA256SUMS.txt if you want to be sure.
Modern PowerPoint .pptx files open and save in DeckCraft, but older .ppt files and OpenDocument .odp files do not.
Why
The README lists opening and saving .pptx. The project's gap list says .potx and .ppsx also open, while the 97–2003 binary formats and .odp are not read.
Limits
The roadmap says PPTX support has not been tested on a corpus of real decks, so complex decks may not look the same. Keep the original file until you have checked the result.
DeckCraft runs on macOS and Linux, as well as on Windows, FreeBSD and in a web browser.
Why
The release ships a universal macOS .dmg for Apple silicon and Intel Macs, and Linux builds as AppImage, Flatpak, .deb, .rpm and tarball for x86_64 and ARM64.
Next step
The install guide below has the steps for each system.
DeckCraft's interface is English only for now, but you can type Chinese in your slides.
Why
The roadmap says there is no string catalog yet and puts Simplified Chinese at 0%. Its progress log records input-method support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean in slide text, notes and fields.
Next step
The gap list names Simplified Chinese among the languages beta needs.
DeckCraft covers most of PowerPoint's features by the project's own count, but it is not yet a full replacement.
Why
The roadmap measures 84% of PowerPoint's features by breadth (92% of the core ones) and estimates that, as of October 2026, DeckCraft is about 55% of the way to replacing PowerPoint for real work.
Limits
Both figures come from the project, not from an independent test.
Next step
Try it on a copy of a real deck before you switch.
Step by step for each system, plus the fixes the project documents for common problems.
deckcraft-<version>-windows-x64.msi, which suits most Windows PCs with Intel or AMD processors..msi file and follow the installer. The README says DeckCraft's installers and executables are code-signed.windows-arm64.msi or windows-x86.msi under Other downloads instead.deckcraft-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip) from Other downloads, unzip it and double-click deckcraft.exe.SHA256SUMS.txt, which every release includes.If something goes wrong
atio6axx.dll. To try another graphics backend, open PowerShell in the folder that holds deckcraft.exe, run $env:WGPU_BACKEND = "vulkan", then & .\deckcraft.exe. Afterwards, Remove-Item Env:WGPU_BACKEND restores the default. Avoid gl: the README says it can bring the driver crash back.deckcraft.log to %APPDATA%\DeckCraft\logs\. The previous run's log is kept as deckcraft.1.log, so the log of a run that crashed survives the next start.deckcraft-<version>-macos-universal.dmg, a single build for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs..dmg to open it, then drag DeckCraft into your Applications folder.deckcraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal.zip under Other downloads is signed and notarized too.If something goes wrong
deckcraft.log to ~/Library/Application Support/DeckCraft/logs/. The previous run's log is kept as deckcraft.1.log.deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, which the README says runs anywhere without installing. ARM64 machines take the aarch64 AppImage from Other downloads.chmod +x deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, then ./deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage..zsync files published with each release..deb instead: sudo apt install ./deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.deb..rpm: sudo dnf install ./deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm. The README lists the same .rpm for openSUSE..flatpak file and run flatpak install --user deckcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak..tar.gz tarball unpacks anywhere. RISC-V 64 builds are cross-compiled and need glibc 2.39 or newer, for example Ubuntu 24.04.app-office/deckcraft-bin. It is community-maintained, not by the DeckCraft team; the commands are in the README.If something goes wrong
deckcraft.log to ~/.config/deckcraft/logs/ (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/deckcraft/logs/). The previous run's log is kept as deckcraft.1.log.deckcraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz, the build for 64-bit Intel and AMD machines.tar -xzf deckcraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz and start DeckCraft from the unpacked folder.deckcraft-web-<version>.zip, the WebAssembly build.DeckCraft's README lists what the current alpha can do. You build decks on slide masters with eleven layouts and eight original themes, with sections, speaker notes, comments, headers and footers. The drawing tools cover more than 150 preset shapes, connectors that stay glued to shapes, freeform and scribble tools, merge shapes and effects such as shadows, glow and reflections. Slides can hold pictures, styled tables, charts, basic SmartArt, audio and video.
For presenting there are transitions including Morph, entrance, emphasis, exit and motion-path animations, a full-screen slide show, presenter view, a pen and rehearsed timings. Files go in and out as PowerPoint .pptx, and decks export to PDF (slides, notes pages or handouts), PNG, JPEG, an animated GIF and outlines.
The project measures itself against PowerPoint for Mac. Its roadmap says DeckCraft covers 84% of PowerPoint's features by breadth and 92% of the core ones, and estimates it is about 55% of the way to replacing PowerPoint for real work. Those are the project's own figures, not ours.
The project's gap list is specific about what is missing. There is no printing, PDF export turns slide artwork into images, legacy .ppt and .odp files don't open, SVG pictures don't render, and fonts have only Regular, Bold and Italic faces. Closing an edited presentation can discard changes without asking (#60), and some Windows PCs crash at start (#40, #59). The interface is English only, although Chinese, Japanese and Korean can be typed through an input method.
Where the project says DeckCraft goes further is automation: every button is also a command, and the same commands are open to the deckcraft-cli tool, a JSON control channel and an MCP server for AI agents.
DeckCraft is labelled alpha. By the roadmap, beta needs testing on a corpus of real decks and fixes for the data-loss and startup-crash bugs. Until then, work on copies of your decks rather than on the only copy, and keep PowerPoint or another app at hand for anything you must deliver.
DeckCraft is one of the Crafting Apps from the ArtCraft team: free, open-source tools written from scratch in Rust, each able to stand on its own. The others include PhotoCraft for image editing, PdfCraft for PDFs and DesignCraft for page layout. The project was renamed from SlideCraft to DeckCraft on 2026-10-06, according to its roadmap.
The code is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0. The README says the themes, layouts, shape geometry, icons and sample decks are original work and that no Microsoft artwork, fonts, themes or templates are used. The ArtCraft name and logos are trademarks and not covered by the license, and DeckCraft is not affiliated with Microsoft.
Sources
Changelog
Word processor
WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor from the ArtCraft team that rebuilds the Microsoft Word workflow from scratch in pure Rust. It opens and saves .docx files and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser.
Latest version 0.12.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
PDF reader and editor
PdfCraft is a free, open-source PDF app from the ArtCraft team (GitHub: storytold), a clean-room rebuild of Adobe Acrobat in Rust. It reads, searches, organizes, combines, splits and password-protects PDFs and handles comments and forms, with no account or telemetry, on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and the web. The project calls it alpha.
Latest version 0.15.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Spreadsheet
GridCraft is a free, open-source spreadsheet app from the ArtCraft team that rebuilds the Microsoft Excel workflow from scratch in pure Rust. It uses XLSX as its native format and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser.
Latest version 0.13.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Vector graphics
VectorCraft is a free, open-source vector illustration app from the ArtCraft team that reimplements the Adobe Illustrator workflow from scratch in pure Rust. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD and in a web browser, and its README describes it as alpha software under active development.
Latest version 0.18.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Audio editor
SoundCraft is a free, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) from the ArtCraft team: a clean-room rewrite of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust for recording, editing and mixing audio. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, and in a web browser.
Latest version 0.14.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0
Photo editor
PhotoCraft is a free, open-source Photoshop clone from the ArtCraft team (storytold): a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop, written from scratch in pure Rust with help from Anthropic's AI model Claude Opus 5.5. It opens and saves layered PSD files and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and in the browser, but the project calls it early alpha.
Latest version 0.17.0, released 2026-10-28Apache-2.0