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🖼️ SlideForge — Edit Your PPTX Files Online

SlideForge is a modern web app that lets users upload .pptx files, edit slide content visually in the browser, and export updated PowerPoint presentations — all powered by a clean and intuitive Next.js frontend. No plugins, no installations. Just drag, edit, and export.

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🌟 Features

• ✅ Upload .pptx files
• 🧠 Extract slides and convert to editable JSON
• 📝 Visual editor for titles, bullet points, and basic layout
• 📤 Re-export edited slides back to .pptx
• 💡 Future: Add image support, themes, and animations

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🔧 Tech Stack

Layer	Tech Used
Framework	Next.js 15 (App Router)
Styling	Tailwind CSS + ShadCN UI
File Parser	JSZip, DOMParser
Slide Gen	PptxGenJS
State Mgmt	Zustand / Context API
Drag UI	React DnD / React Grid Layout (future)
Hosting	Vercel / Netlify

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📁 Project Structure

slideforge/
│
├── app/                        # Next.js App Router pages
│   ├── upload/                # Upload page
│   ├── editor/                # Slide editor UI
│   └── api/                   # API routes if needed
│
├── components/                # UI components (SlideCard, Sidebar, etc.)
├── lib/                       # Utilities (pptx parser, pptx builder)
├── public/                    # Static assets
├── styles/                    # Tailwind & global CSS
├── package.json
└── README.md

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/slideforge.git
cd slideforge

2. Install Dependencies

npm install
# or
yarn

3. Run Locally

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000

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🔄 Workflow Overview

🟢 Upload .pptx

• Use <input type="file"> or react-dropzone
• Accept only .pptx
• Convert file to ArrayBuffer

📦 Parse .pptx → JSON

• Use JSZip to unzip .pptx

• Read ppt/slides/slide*.xml files

• Use DOMParser to extract:

  • Slide titles
  • Bullet points
  • Text boxes

• Convert to a JSON format:

[
  { title: "Welcome", bullets: ["Intro", "Agenda"], notes: "" },
  ...
]

🖼️ Render Slide Editor

• Each slide rendered using React
• Use input or contentEditable fields
• Add buttons: “Add Slide”, “Delete”, “Reorder”
• Optional rich text editor via Slate.js or Lexical

💾 Export → .pptx

• Take modified JSON
• Use PptxGenJS to recompile
• Allow user to download .pptx file

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📦 Key Dependencies

"dependencies": {
  "next": "^15.x",
  "react": "^18.x",
  "react-dom": "^18.x",
  "pptxgenjs": "^3.x",
  "jszip": "^3.x",
  "tailwindcss": "^3.x",
  "zustand": "^4.x"
}

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📌 TODO / Roadmap

• Upload .pptx
• Extract text from slides
• Basic slide editor UI
• Export updated .pptx
• Image and media support
• Rich text styling (fonts, colors)
• Slide templates & themes
• Multi-user real-time editing (collaboration)
• Mobile responsiveness

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📤 Export Format (JSON → PPTX)

Each slide object should follow this format:

{
  title: "Slide Title",
  bullets: ["Point 1", "Point 2"],
  notes: "Speaker notes",
  layout: "title-bullets",
}

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📸 UI Preview (mockup suggestion)

+----------------------------+
|  Slide Sidebar            |
|  [Slide 1]                |
|  [Slide 2]                |
|  [ + Add Slide ]          |
+----------------------------+   +------------------------+
                               |   Title: [__________]   |
                               |   Bullet: [__________]  |
                               |   [ Save ] [ Export ]   |
                               +------------------------+

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🧠 Inspiration

• Google Slides
• Pitch.com
• OnlyOffice
• PptxGenJS Playground

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📜 License

MIT

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