---
title: slidegent
emoji: "📊"
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: gray
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 5.34.2
app_file: app.py
python_version: "3.11"
pinned: false
---

# Slidegent — PowerPoint Template Customizer

> **[Build Small Hackathon 2026](https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon) submission by [@jomasego](https://huggingface.co/jomasego)**

Upload any `.pptx` template, describe what you need, and get a fully styled, multi-slide presentation back in seconds — powered by **google/gemma-4-12b-it** on ZeroGPU.

[![Live Space](https://img.shields.io/badge/🤗%20Space-slidegent-FFD21E)](https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/slidegent)
[![Demo video](https://img.shields.io/badge/▶%20Demo-Loom-00D4AA)](https://www.loom.com/share/d7e25c7a114b4deda6b8de63abcba6a7)
[![LinkedIn post](https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Post-0A66C2?logo=linkedin)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jmsegui_buildsmallhackathon-huggingface-opensource-share-7472435145162080257-qxf5/)

Generate styled presentations from a user-provided `.pptx` design template, guided by LLM-produced structured slide JSON.

## What This App Does
- Accepts a template upload (`.pptx`) and a freeform topic prompt.
- Parses template style hints (font/color/layout and shape geometry) from slide `0` or `1`.
- Calls a Gemma-style chat model with a strict JSON schema requirement.
- Defensively parses/validates malformed model outputs.
- Compiles a downloadable `.pptx` using `python-pptx` and template-derived style signals.

## Required Dependencies
The required runtime dependencies are in `requirements.txt`:
- `gradio`
- `transformers`
- `torch`
- `accelerate`
- `python-pptx`
- `spaces`

Space runtime is pinned in `runtime.txt` to Python 3.11 for better binary wheel compatibility (notably `llama-cpp-python`).

Optional local-backend/deployment tooling used for deeper validation:
- `llama-cpp-python`
- `openai` (for vLLM OpenAI-compatible server)
- `huggingface_hub`

## Run Locally
```bash
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py
```

## Backend Options
Set `MODEL_BACKEND` environment variable:
- `llama.cpp` (default): uses GGUF and auto-resolves from `unsloth/gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF` when `LLAMA_CPP_MODEL_PATH` is not set.
- `transformers`: optional fallback that uses `unsloth/gemma-4-12b-it` through Hugging Face Transformers.
- `vllm`: uses OpenAI-compatible endpoint (`VLLM_BASE_URL`, `VLLM_MODEL_NAME`).

GGUF-related environment variables:
- `GGUF_MODEL_REPO` (default: `unsloth/gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF`)
- `GGUF_CACHE_DIR` (default: `models`)
- `LLAMA_CPP_MODEL_PATH` (optional explicit path override)
- `ENABLE_STARTUP_WARMUP` (`auto` by default; on Spaces this pre-caches model files at startup in a background thread)

Startup warmup behavior:
- In Space environments (`SPACE_ID`/`HF_SPACE_ID` present), warmup auto-starts by default.
- Set `ENABLE_STARTUP_WARMUP=false` to disable.
- Set `ENABLE_STARTUP_WARMUP=true` to force warmup in local environments.

## Quick Local Backend Smoke Test (`llama.cpp`)
```bash
pip install llama-cpp-python huggingface_hub openai
python scripts/local_backend_smoke.py
```

If you want to force a specific local model path:
```bash
MODEL_BACKEND=llama.cpp \
LLAMA_CPP_MODEL_PATH=/absolute/path/to/model.gguf \
python scripts/local_backend_smoke.py
```

Or rely on auto-download from Hugging Face:
```bash
MODEL_BACKEND=llama.cpp \
GGUF_MODEL_REPO=unsloth/gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF \
python scripts/local_backend_smoke.py
```

## Tests
```bash
pytest -q
```

## Hugging Face ZeroGPU Space Deployment
1. Create a new Space under your account (`SDK: Gradio`, hardware can stay CPU/ZeroGPU-compatible).
2. Push this folder to that Space repository.
3. Ensure `app.py` is at repo root and dependencies are in `requirements.txt`.
4. Add any runtime environment variables in Space settings (`MODEL_BACKEND`, etc).

Example creation/push flow with token:
```bash
export HF_TOKEN=your_token_here
python - <<'PY'
from huggingface_hub import HfApi
api = HfApi(token="${HF_TOKEN}")
api.create_repo(repo_id="jomasego/powerpoint-template-customizer-zerogpu", repo_type="space", exist_ok=True, space_sdk="gradio")
print("Space ready")
PY
```

Then push with git:
```bash
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial ZeroGPU app"
git remote add origin https://huggingface.co/spaces/jomasego/powerpoint-template-customizer-zerogpu
git push -u origin main
```

## Links
- 🤗 [Live Space](https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/slidegent)
- 📹 [Demo video](https://www.loom.com/share/d7e25c7a114b4deda6b8de63abcba6a7)
- 💼 [LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jmsegui_buildsmallhackathon-huggingface-opensource-share-7472435145162080257-qxf5/)
- 🏕️ [Build Small Hackathon](https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon)

### Build Stamp
2026-06-15T22:15:24.820262+00:00