Install SlydeForge

🐛 Fixes

• Default free-tier Gemini/Groq models: the two models offered by default for the free trial (Gemini, Groq) had been deprecated by the providers and stopped working ("Test connection" returned a 404 error). Replaced with the currently available models (gemini-3.6-flash and qwen/qwen3.6-27b). An install that already saved one of the old models automatically switches to the new one, no action needed.
• AI-generated content staying in French despite an English interface/brief: presentation generation ("New from brief"), automatic project/version naming, and presenter-notes suggestions all used to force French regardless of the request's language. Content now follows the language of the user's own brief.
• Demo deck always in French: the presentation shown when opening the app and via File > New (sample) now follows the configured interface language.
• Presenter mode partly in French under an English interface: the keyboard-shortcuts help bar (presenter console and the slideshow's help overlay) and the narration-language picker (presenter mode and voice library) are now fully translated.

✨ New

- Quick-access AI buttons above the slide editing canvas — Formatting, Challenge, Animation — direct equivalents of /suggest_design, /review_slide, and /suggest_animation for the currently displayed slide. Only shown once an AI backend is configured (Settings > AI).
- "Retry" button offered directly in the assistant when applying a suggested layout fails — retries only that step, without losing the choices already made (layout, colors, sizes).
- Stronger visual feedback during AI processing:
- a red glow and a highlight on the last message appear around the assistant's log when an AI action starts;
- a green glow and a polished "✓ Done" callout signal when processing finishes.
- Protection against parallel AI actions: AI buttons (quick actions, notes, a slide's context menu) are automatically disabled while another AI action is already running.

🐛 Fixes

• The assistant's log didn't always scroll to the bottom when an interaction bar appeared ("Are you happy with this result?", conversational challenge, retry after failure) — the latest exchanges could stay hidden.
• The before/after preview window (accept/reject an AI change) could become unreasonably wide and hard to read when the change summary was a bit long.
• Several pieces of text stayed in French even with the interface set to English: the /suggest_design assistant, the AI's self-critique note, and the edit error message.
• The example workflow's default icon wasn't picked up in the Workflows menu on an existing install (one that had already launched before this icon was introduced).
• Icon alignment in the Manage Workflows… list.

New: anonymous usage statistics sent to the author (opt-out in Settings > Privacy), a "install on close" choice for updates, status-change emails on shared feedback. Fixed: an automatic update could leave the install in an inconsistent state if the SlydeForge.exe launcher was still briefly locked (e.g. by antivirus) at the moment of overwriting it — application code is no longer affected by this case.

Ctrl+Enter now sends a prompt (shown right on the button), language changes offer an immediate restart, and feedback sharing was reworked (confirm each time, an opt-out for automatic sharing, manual resend of an old entry). Fixes: the assistant sometimes replied in French even with an English interface, Ctrl+C didn't copy chat text, and feedback could silently vanish on a save failure.

• Native Windows installation wizard (SlydeForge-Setup.exe): guided setup in French/English, no admin rights required, pick themes and examples right from install.
• 3 new free AI connectors (no credit card needed) to try SlydeForge: Google Gemini, Groq, and OpenRouter.
• Built-in marketplace for themes and example workflows, with automatic version-compatibility checks before every install.
• English interface available (Settings > Language).

First public release of SlydeForge 🎉

SlydeForge is an AI-driven presentation generator: describe what you want, or edit directly with your mouse — both methods apply to the same document, at any time.

• AI generation and editing: create a full presentation from a brief, or request a change in plain language.
• Fully editable PowerPoint export: every element (text, shape, image, table, chart) becomes a real PPTX object — never a flat image.
• Rich brand kits: color palette, fonts, custom slide types, with a ready-to-use SlydeForge brand kit included.
• Full presentation mode: slideshow, presenter console, automatic voice narration of speaker notes.
• Video export: turn your presentation into a narrated MP4 video.
• Automated workflows: chain bricks (data sources, AI, connectors, export) to automate repetitive tasks.

Enjoy!