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presenton/presenton

presenton is a self-hosted or locally run AI presentation generator that lets you keep full control over models and data. It creates editable presentations from text prompts, uploaded documents, or PowerPoint designs and exports them to PowerPoint and PDF.

Project overview

It directly targets the expense and vendor lock-in of SaaS presentation tools by combining an open-source, bring-your-own-key model with flexible local or self-hosted deployment and multiple export formats.

Project type: MCP · AI Agent · Workflow
Use cases: Documents & Office
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: Apache-2.0

Best for

Users and teams seeking to avoid SaaS subscriptions and vendor lock-in by self-hosting or running locally with bring-your-own-key model providers.

Key capabilities

Generate presentations from a prompt, uploaded document, or PowerPoint design.
Polish presentations manually using a drag-edit interface.
Save presentations as PowerPoint (PPTX) and PDF with professional formatting.
Provides a built-in Model Context Protocol server for programmatic integrations.
Connect to OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or any compatible provider.
Host as your own API service for your team.
Use a ChatGPT account to sign in and create presentations without separate API keys.
Local Qdrant + SQLite memory scoped per presentation.

Limitations and risks

Users needing MCP server access via the desktop app will not find it supported.

Getting started

Docker deployment requires a single command, after which you can open the interface at http://localhost:5001. Desktop app installers are also provided for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: Open-Source AI Presentation Generator and API (Gamma, Canva, Beautiful AI, Decktopus, Presentations AI Alternative)
README: No SaaS lock-in · No forced subscriptions · Full control over models and data
README: Comes with AI Presentation Generation API - Fully open-source (Apache 2.0)
README: Create presentations from a prompt, an uploaded document, or your own PowerPoint design. Choose from built-in templates, bring your preferred AI provider and API key, polish manua…
README: - Custom Templates & Themes — Create unlimited presentation designs with HTML and Tailwind CSS - AI Template Generation — Create presentation templates from existing Powerpoint do…

Reviewed at: 2026-07-21T22:30:27Z