What Features and Customization Options Does Slidev Offer?

Slidev is a presentation tool built for developers: you write slides in Markdown, and it renders them as a web app you can present, export, or host. Its feature set splits into four areas — authoring syntax, built-in presentation features, theming and addons, and configuration/export. If you want Markdown-based slides with code highlighting and full control over the underlying Vite/Vue stack, Slidev is designed for exactly that.

Authoring and built-in features

Slidev's documentation organizes its core capabilities under these headings:

• Syntax Guide — the Markdown-based slide authoring format.
• User Interface — the presenter-facing UI.
• Animations — motion and transition support.
• Components — reusable elements you can drop into slides.
• Layouts — predefined slide structures.

The project describes itself as "Presentation Slides for Developers," and its feature list is documented under a Features reference section alongside the built-in CLI, Components, and Layouts references.

Themes and addons

Slidev separates visual styling from functionality:

If you want to build your own rather than use existing ones, the docs include dedicated guides for Writing Layouts, Writing Themes, and Writing Addons.

Configuration options

Slidev exposes a broad configuration surface, documented as individual pages:

• Configurations — the general configuration entry point
• Directory Structure — how project files are organized
• Configure Highlighter — code syntax highlighting
• Configure Vite and Plugins — the underlying build tool
• Configure Vue App — the Vue layer
• Configure UnoCSS — atomic CSS
• Configure Code Runners — executing code inside slides
• Configure Transformers — content transformation
• Configure Monaco — the Monaco editor integration
• Configure KaTeX — math rendering
• Configure Mermaid and Configure Mermaid Renderer — diagram rendering
• Configure Routes — URL routing
• Configure Shortcuts — keyboard shortcuts
• Configure Context Menu — right-click menu behavior
• Configure Fonts — typography
• Configure Pre-Parser — preprocessing before rendering

Because Vite and Vue are configurable directly, the customization ceiling is effectively the same as a Vue application's.

Exporting, hosting, and AI assistance

• Exporting — turning slides into a distributable format.
• Hosting — deploying the presentation.
• Work with AI — documented guidance for AI-assisted workflows.
• Global Context — shared context across slides.

There is also an Advanced section covering deeper topics, and a FAQ.

Practical entry points

• Getting Started — the first stop for a new project.
• Why Slidev — the rationale and comparison against alternatives.
• Showcases — real presentations built with Slidev.
• Learning Resources and Curated Covers — additional material.
• Release Notes — version history; the documentation shown is for v53.0.0.
• llms.txt and llms-full.txt — optimized Markdown documentation endpoints, useful if you want to feed the docs into an LLM.

Slidev is released under the MIT License (Copyright © 2020–2025 Anthony Fu). The site does not list pricing or payment options, so no cost conclusion should be drawn from its absence — check the repository for current terms.