SlideForge

Converting web content to presentations is tedious. Existing tools lose formatting, fonts, and layouts. Need a reliable way to forge HTML slides into multiple formats.

Built a Python CLI tool with:

Core Features:

• Perfect rendering - preserves all fonts, styles, layouts
• Smart dependencies - auto-detects and installs missing packages
• Two methods - Playwright (best quality) or WeasyPrint (pure Python)
• Template generation - creates starter HTML slides
• Robust error handling - gracefully handles edge cases

Advanced Features:

• Range selection - convert specific slides (e.g., 1-5 or 1,3,5)
• Dry run - preview conversion without creating files
• Watch mode - auto-convert when files change
• Parallel processing - up to 4x faster with multi-threading
• Format conversion - PDF↔PPT↔PNG
• PNG export - each PDF page as high-res PNG (300 DPI)

Production-ready tool used for automated report generation. Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows). Open-sourced under MIT license.