Bolt open-sources Bolt Slides to turn presentations into interactive web apps
Bolt just open-sourced Bolt Slides, a presentation builder that turns static decks into living web applications. Instead of exporting dead PDFs, users can embed live data, 3D models, and clickable prototypes directly into slide links. It is available to all Bolt.new users and can also be run locally with agents like Cursor or Claude Code.
Bolt Slides is an open-source presentation builder from Bolt that turns traditional slide decks into interactive, full-fledged web applications.
What it does
For decades, building slides has meant wrestling with text boxes, aligning animations, and exporting static PDFs. Even with recent AI presentation tools, most results end up being rigid templates packed with generic filler.
Bolt Slides takes a completely different path. You can feed it a simple prompt, a document, meeting notes, or an existing deck, and an agent drafts the entire presentation for you.
The real difference is that what comes back is an app that happens to be a deck. Every slide runs live code. You can embed interactive 3D models that viewers can spin around, drop in clickable software prototypes so the room can test features instead of imagining them, or wire charts directly to live data sources so metrics update in real time. You can also host live audience polls or turn a slide into a shared whiteboard during a team all-hands.
Once the meeting ends, you share a live link rather than emailing an attachment. Anyone can open it in any browser, explore the data, test the embedded prototypes, or duplicate the deck to build their own version.
How to run it
The entire engine behind Bolt Slides is open source, meaning the underlying code is fully inspectable and extensible by the community.
You have two ways to get started. The easiest option is heading straight to Bolt.new with zero local setup, where the tool is available to all users on both free and paid plans.
If you prefer developing in your own environment, you can grab the repository and run it with your agent of choice, such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex. Both approaches yield the same lightweight, interactive web application ready to share.
Why it matters
Most AI presentation software simply repackages static bullet points into slightly cleaner themes. Bolt Slides is clever because it treats presentations as living software rather than dead digital paper.
For developers, product managers, and founders pitching live products or dynamic dashboards, this is well worth trying right away. Letting your audience click through a real prototype or inspect live data is vastly more convincing than talking over static screenshots. The trade-off is that simple status updates do not need this much engineering, so it makes the most sense when hands-on interaction actually helps close the deal.
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