Build PowerPoint presentations with JavaScript. Works with Node, React, web browsers, and more.
npm install pptxgenjsPptxGenJS
🚀 Features
PptxGenJS lets you generate professional PowerPoint presentations in JavaScript - directly from Node, React, Vite, Electron, or even the browser. The library outputs standards-compliant Open Office XML (OOXML) files compatible with:
- ✅ Microsoft PowerPoint
- ✅ Apple Keynote
- ✅ LibreOffice Impress
- ✅ Google Slides (via import)
Design custom slides, charts, images, tables, and templates programmatically - no PowerPoint install or license required.
Works Everywhere
- Supports every major modern browser - desktop and mobile
- Seamlessly integrates with Node.js, React, Angular, Vite, and Electron
- Compatible with PowerPoint, Keynote, LibreOffice, and other OOXML apps
Full-Featured
- Create all major slide objects: text, tables, shapes, images, charts, and more
- Define custom Slide Masters for consistent academic or corporate branding
- Supports SVGs, animated GIFs, YouTube embeds, RTL text, and Asian fonts
Simple & Powerful
- Ridiculously easy to use - create a presentation in 4 lines of code
- Full TypeScript definitions for autocomplete and inline documentation
- Includes 75+ demo slides covering every feature and usage pattern
Export Your Way
- Instantly download
.pptxfiles from the browser with proper MIME handling - Export as base64, Blob, Buffer, or Node stream
- Supports compression and advanced output options for production use
HTML to PowerPoint Magic
- Convert any HTML
<table>to one or more slides with a single line of code → Explore the HTML-to-PPTX feature
🌐 Live Demos
Try PptxGenJS right in your browser - no setup required.
- Basic Slide Demo - Build a basic presentation in seconds
- Full Feature Showcase - Explore every available feature
Perfect for testing compatibility or learning by example - all demos run 100% in the browser.
📦 Installation
Choose your preferred method to install PptxGenJS:
Quick Install (Node-based)
npm install pptxgenjs
yarn add pptxgenjs
CDN (Browser Usage)
Use the bundled or minified version via jsDelivr:
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs/dist/pptxgen.bundle.js"></script>
Includes the sole dependency (JSZip) in one file.
📁 Advanced: Separate Files, Direct Download
Download from GitHub: Latest Release
<script src="PptxGenJS/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
<script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>
🚀 Universal Compatibility
PptxGenJS works seamlessly in modern web and Node environments, thanks to dual ESM and CJS builds and zero runtime dependencies. Whether you're building a CLI tool, an Electron app, or a web-based presentation builder, the library adapts automatically to your stack.
Supported Platforms
- Node.js – generate presentations in backend scripts, APIs, or CLI tools
- React / Angular / Vite / Webpack – just import and go, no config required
- Electron – build native apps with full filesystem access and PowerPoint output
- Browser (Vanilla JS) – embed in web apps with direct download support
- Serverless / Edge Functions – use in AWS Lambda, Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, etc.
Vite, Webpack, and modern bundlers automatically select the right build via the
exportsfield inpackage.json.
Builds Provided
- CommonJS:
dist/pptxgen.cjs.js - ES Module:
dist/pptxgen.es.js
📖 Documentation
Quick Start Guide
PptxGenJS PowerPoint presentations are created via JavaScript by following 4 basic steps:
Angular/React, ES6, TypeScript
import pptxgen from "pptxgenjs";
// 1. Create a new Presentation
let pres = new pptxgen();
// 2. Add a Slide
let slide = pres.addSlide();
// 3. Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
let textboxText = "Hello World from PptxGenJS!";
let textboxOpts = { x: 1, y: 1, color: "363636" };
slide.addText(textboxText, textboxOpts);
// 4. Save the Presentation
pres.writeFile();
Script/Web Browser
// 1. Create a new Presentation
let pres = new PptxGenJS();
// 2. Add a Slide
let slide = pres.addSlide();
// 3. Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
let textboxText = "Hello World from PptxGenJS!";
let textboxOpts = { x: 1, y: 1, color: "363636" };
slide.addText(textboxText, textboxOpts);
// 4. Save the Presentation
pres.writeFile();
That's really all there is to it!
💥 HTML-to-PowerPoint Magic
Convert any HTML <table> into fully formatted PowerPoint slides - automatically and effortlessly.
let pptx = new pptxgen();
pptx.tableToSlides("tableElementId");
pptx.writeFile({ fileName: "html2pptx-demo.pptx" });
Perfect for transforming:
- Dynamic dashboards and data reports
- Exportable grids in web apps
- Tabular content from CMS or BI tools
📚 Full Documentation
Complete API reference, tutorials, and integration guides are available on the official docs site: https://gitbrent.github.io/PptxGenJS
🛠️ Issues / Suggestions
Please file issues or suggestions on the issues page on github, or even better, submit a pull request. Feedback is always welcome!
When reporting issues, please include a code snippet or a link demonstrating the problem. Here is a small jsFiddle that is already configured and uses the latest PptxGenJS code.
🆘 Need Help?
Sometimes implementing a new library can be a difficult task and the slightest mistake will keep something from working. We've all been there!
If you are having issues getting a presentation to generate, check out the code in the demos directory. There
are demos for browser, node and, react that contain working examples of every available library feature.
- Use a pre-configured jsFiddle to test with: PptxGenJS Fiddle
- View questions tagged
PptxGenJSon StackOverflow. If you can't find your question, ask it yourself - be sure to tag itpptxgenjs. - Ask your AI pair programmer! All major LLMs have ingested the pptxgenjs library and have the ability to answer functionality questions and provide code.
🙏 Contributors
Thank you to everyone for the contributions and suggestions! ❤️
Special Thanks:
- Dzmitry Dulko - Getting the project published on NPM
- Michal Kacerovský - New Master Slide Layouts and Chart expertise
- Connor Bowman - Adding Placeholders
- Reima Frgos - Multiple chart and general functionality patches
- Matt King - Chart expertise
- Mike Wilcox - Chart expertise
- Joonas - react-pptx
PowerPoint shape definitions and some XML code via Officegen Project
🌟 Support the Open Source Community
If you find this library useful, consider contributing to open-source projects, or sharing your knowledge on the open social web. Together, we can build free tools and resources that empower everyone.
📜 License
Copyright © 2015-present Brent Ely