spirali / elsie

Python framework for making slides

Elsie

Elsie is a framework for creating slides programmatically using Python.

Quick links

• Documentation
• Demonstration of features (PDF, source code)
• Gallery of Elsie presentations
• API reference

Hello world

import elsie

slides = elsie.SlideDeck()

@slides.slide()
def hello(slide):
    slide.text("Hello world!")

slides.render("slides.pdf")

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Inkscape 1.0+ (required only for Inkscape backend)
  • You can find installation instructions here
  • Versions under 1.0 and above 0.92 might also work, but they are not primarily supported
  • Elsie uses Inkscape in the background, you do not have to know how to use it
• pdflatex, pdf2svg (required only for LaTeX support)

Installation using pip

$ pip3 install elsie

If you want to use the Cairo backend, install Elsie with the cairo extra package:

$ pip3 install elsie[cairo]

Installation using Docker

$ docker build -t elsie .