Free presentation software. Infinite canvas.
Build a zooming presentation on one infinite canvas. Connect ideas, move from the big picture into nested details, and export a single HTML file to present offline with embedded content.
Free & open source. Desktop editing works offline.
Open in web editorStart here · A story across one canvas
Follow a checkout through a payment timeout and a safe retry. Twenty-three frames connect the system map to the details of one request.
Try the overview, then zoom into the payment retry. Every shape and connector is editable.
From the first idea to the final presentation, keep the detail and the context together.
Set the pace, arc, roll, and spotlight for each frame. Preview a move or adjust several frames together.
Bring in Figma files, PDF pages, and images. Add linked video when your story needs motion.
Send a 24-hour snapshot link for viewing or editing a copy. Export HTML for a portable presentation.
Copy a General or Dynamic brief to your own assistant, then open its editable presentation here.
MAKE ROOM FOR EVERY KIND OF IDEA
Map a process, connect a system, or take the stage. The same flexible canvas adapts to your story.
Turn a process into a visual path. Connect steps, branch at decisions, and walk through every outcome with presentation frames.
Open the live exampleDownload HTMLA CLOSER LOOK, WITHOUT CHANGING SLIDES
Start with the whole picture. Place a smaller frame around a chart, a table, or one important detail. Zoom in to explain it, then pull back to reconnect the story.
Learn to frame the details
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See how clients, services and data connect across a real system diagram. Choose a region to explain, then return to the whole canvas to keep the request flow in view.
Present with the whole picture in mind
Choose a region. Follow its connections. Return to the whole system whenever you need it.
Shop platform architecture: clients and edge, services, and data. Sample content in English.
Start with the whole story, enter a frame, then zoom into the detail inside it.
Thoughtful tools. A clear canvas. Less between you and what you want to say.
Pan, zoom, and make connections with text, shapes, images, and connectors. Your canvas grows with your ideas.
Align, duplicate, undo. The shortcuts you already know, with the precision your ideas deserve.
Save your canvas on your computer. The desktop app edits and presents embedded content without an account or an internet connection.
Free & open source. Desktop editing works offline.
A little canvas. A lot of possibilities.
Installers for both desktop platforms are available on the Releases page. Choose the file for your device.
What it is, how it works, and what you need to get started.
CanvaSlide is free, open-source presentation software built around an infinite canvas. Arrange text, shapes, images and diagrams in one space, draw frames around the views you want to show, and present by zooming between them. You can start from an editable example or create your own canvas.
WelcomeYour content stays together on one canvas instead of being split across separate slides. Frames define the views and their order, so you can show the big picture and zoom into a detail without duplicating content. You can also arrange frames like a familiar slide deck.
Frames & presentingDraw a frame around a whole slide, then a smaller frame around a chart, table or detail inside it. Put the smaller frame next in the presentation order. The camera zooms into that area on the same canvas; the previous-frame control takes you back. This also works in exported HTML presentations.
Frames & presentingYes. Import a local .fig file and choose editable text and shapes or preserved appearance. Supported text and simple shapes stay editable; complex artwork may become images. Some effects, layout rules and masks are not preserved exactly, so review the conversion report. You can also import images and PDF pages; each PDF page becomes an image.
Import & videoCopy a prompt to an external AI assistant that can create files. Ask for an editable .canvaslide file, open it in CanvaSlide, check the result and present or export HTML. The website and editor prepare the prompt; they do not send requests to an AI service.
Create with AIYes. Desktop installers for macOS and Windows are available on the Releases page. You can also open the web editor in a browser without installing the app. In the browser, Chromium-based browsers save back to the opened .canvaslide file, while Safari and Firefox download a copy; desktop export can embed subsets of installed fonts, while browser export depends on available fonts.
InstallationYes. You can edit and present offline in the desktop app using a .canvaslide file with embedded content. If you only need to present, export a single HTML file that plays offline in a browser. Images and the player are included; desktop export can also embed subsets of installed fonts. Browser export depends on available fonts. Linked videos still need a network connection.
Save & shareNo. Export your presentation as one HTML file and viewers can open it in a browser. The file contains the player, canvas content and embedded images. Keep the original .canvaslide file for further editing; the exported presentation is for viewing. Linked videos still need their provider and network.
Save & shareNo. Experimental cloud sharing creates a snapshot, not live collaboration. Later edits do not update the link. Anyone with the link can access it for 24 hours; there is no manual revocation. Keep a local editable copy or export HTML for a portable presentation.
Save & shareYes, CanvaSlide is free and open source. The desktop app works without an account, and your documents are files you save on your computer. You can try editable examples in the web editor without signing in, too.
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