# DeckCraft: presentation workflow reconstruction and bounded PPTX interchange

> The authors describe DeckCraft as a clean-room Rust implementation of PowerPoint-style presentation workflows. Its slide model, rendering and command layers support desktop/browser editing and PPTX interchange; reviewed source tests check constructed decks and selected preserved package parts.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-17
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-17
- Original resource: <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/deckcraft-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/deckcraft-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/deckcraft-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The pinned workspace identifies version 0.7.0 and declares Rust 1.95+ with Cargo. Linux source builds need ALSA headers and display/window dependencies; the browser path uses Trunk and wasm32-unknown-unknown. Optional craft-fonts inputs affect rendering, with system-font fallback documented.
- **Testing evidence:** The reviewed PPTX corpus is authored in code, not collected from PowerPoint. Tests check retained text and content-part counts after saving, then part names and text after another save. Separate tests preserve selected XML metadata.
- **Testing evidence:** The dated assessment against PowerPoint for Mac 16.113.4 explicitly says rendering fidelity, performance against PowerPoint and end-to-end workflows with real users’ decks were not measured in that assessment. Feature breadth and readiness percentages are checklist counts or author estimates.
- **Limits:** The project is alpha and has documented file-exchange, presentation-workflow, stability and ecosystem gaps. Source snapshots and older assessment rows differ.
- **License:** Code is MIT OR Apache-2.0 with NOTICE obligations. Fonts/icons retain separate terms, and NOTICE lists the Symphonia audio decoder under MPL-2.0. ArtCraft marks have restricted terms and must be removed from published modified versions except contribution-only forks. Clean-room remains author-attributed.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/Cargo.toml>
3. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/.github/workflows/ci.yml>
4. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/apps/deckcraft-web/Trunk.toml>
5. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/docs/target-app-parity.md>
6. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/crates/pptx/tests/corpus.rs>
7. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/crates/pptx/tests/roundtrip.rs>
8. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/crates/pptx/tests/kept_parts.rs>
9. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/LICENSE-MIT>
10. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/LICENSE-APACHE>
11. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/NOTICE>
12. <https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft/blob/1dc69720db64323370dda061226becb09ad79fd4/docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt>

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