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Indie alternatives to PowerPoint

13 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what PowerPoint does, 9 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

The alternatives

1. LibreOffice

Free, open-source office suite

A free office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing and database tools that opens Microsoft Office formats. For anyone wanting an offline Office alternative.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

2. Marp

Create slide decks with plain Markdown

An open-source Markdown presentation ecosystem with a VS Code extension and CLI to export to HTML, PDF and PowerPoint.

Free · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

3. reveal.js

HTML presentation framework

Open-source framework for building presentations with HTML, Markdown and JavaScript.

Free · Web · Website ↗

4. Slidev

Presentation slides for developers written in Markdown

An open-source tool for making slide decks from Markdown with code highlighting, live coding and Vue components.

Free · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

5. Gamma

AI-generated presentations, documents and sites

Tool for creating presentations, documents and simple websites with AI and flexible card-based layouts.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

6. Pitch

Collaborative presentation software

Presentation app for teams with templates, collaboration, analytics and AI generation.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

7. Prezi

Zooming, non-linear presentations

Presentation software known for zooming canvas presentations, with video and AI features.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

8. Slides

Online presentation editor built on reveal.js

A web-based tool for creating, presenting and sharing presentations, based on the open-source reveal.js framework.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

9. Visme

Create presentations, infographics and reports online

Online tool for building presentations, infographics, reports, charts and other visual content, aimed at businesses and educators.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

10. Beautiful.ai

Presentations with smart auto-formatting slides

Presentation software with smart slide templates that adjust layouts automatically, plus AI generation.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

12. iA Presenter

Story-first presentation app based on text

A presentation app where you write your talk as text and slides are designed automatically from it.

Paid · Mac, Windows, iOS · Website ↗

13. Storydoc

Interactive, scroll-based decks

Tool for turning presentations and sales decks into interactive, web-based scrolling stories with analytics.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to PowerPoint?

Yes. 9 of the 13 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: LibreOffice, Marp, reveal.js, Slidev and 5 more.

Is there an open-source alternative to PowerPoint?

LibreOffice, Marp, reveal.js and Slidev are open source.

Which PowerPoint alternatives work on Mac, Windows, iPhone or Android?

On Mac: LibreOffice, Marp, Slidev and 4 more. On Windows: LibreOffice, Marp, Slidev and 3 more. On Linux: LibreOffice, Marp and Slidev. On iPhone and iPad: iA Presenter. On the web: Marp, reveal.js, Slidev and 7 more.

What makes these alternatives to PowerPoint “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as PowerPoint.

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