Nietzsche ⚡Power⚡Point⚡Generator

A CLI tool for generating PowerPoint presentations programmatically.

Installation

Install this tool using uv:

uv tool install nietzsche

Or using pip:

pip install nietzsche

Or run it directly without installing using uvx:

uvx --from nietzsche power --help

Quick Start

# Create a presentation with a template
power create deck.pptx -t Galaxy.pptx --title "My Presentation"

# Generate from YAML/JSON
power generate slides.yaml -o output.pptx -t Galaxy.pptx

# Inspect template layouts
power inspect Galaxy.pptx

# Interactive mode
power new -t Galaxy.pptx

CLI Commands

Command	Description
power create	Create presentation with title slide
power generate	Generate from YAML/JSON specification
power inspect	Inspect template layouts and placeholders
power new	Interactive presentation builder
power add	Add slide to existing presentation
power remove	Remove slide by index
power replace	Replace {{PLACEHOLDER}} text
power cloud	Generate presentations via cloud API

Cloud API

Generate presentations via REST API:

# Check API health
power cloud health

# Generate via cloud
power cloud generate slides.yaml -o presentation.pptx

# Or use the REST API directly
curl -X POST "https://power-api-944767079044.us-central1.run.app/generate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "My Deck", "slides": [{"type": "content", "title": "Hello", "bullets": ["Point 1"]}]}' \
  --output presentation.pptx

API Documentation: https://power-api-944767079044.us-central1.run.app/

YAML Format

title: Quarterly Report
subtitle: Q4 2024

slides:
  - type: section
    title: Executive Summary

  - type: content
    title: Key Points
    bullets:
      - First point
      - Second point
      - Third point

  - type: table
    title: Financial Data
    headers: [Metric, Q3, Q4]
    data:
      - [Revenue, "$2.1M", "$2.6M"]
      - [Profit, "$0.7M", "$1.1M"]

  - type: chart
    title: Sales by Region
    chart_type: bar
    categories: [North, South, East, West]
    series:
      2023: [100, 200, 150, 180]
      2024: [120, 250, 170, 210]

Python API

from power import PowerPresentation

# Create with template
ppt = PowerPresentation(template="Galaxy.pptx")
ppt.clear_slides()

# Add slides
ppt.add_title_slide("Welcome", "Subtitle")
ppt.add_content_slide("Agenda", ["Topic 1", "Topic 2", "Topic 3"])
ppt.add_section_slide("Part 1")

# Custom slide with builder
slide = ppt.add_slide(5)
slide.set_title("Data Overview")
slide.add_table(
    data=[["A", "100"], ["B", "200"]],
    headers=["Item", "Value"]
)
slide.add_bar_chart(
    categories=["Q1", "Q2", "Q3", "Q4"],
    series_data={"Revenue": [100, 150, 200, 250]}
)

ppt.save("output.pptx")

Slide Types

• title: Title slide with optional subtitle
• section: Section header slide
• content: Bullet points slide
• table: Data table slide
• chart: Bar, line, or pie chart (bar, line, pie)
• blank: Empty slide for custom content

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• python-pptx
• click
• rich
• pyyaml
• pillow

License

MIT