Slidev Theme Scholarly
A professional presentation theme for Slidev, designed specifically for academic presentations with LaTeX Beamer-inspired styling.
Live Demo · Quick Start · GitHub
Heads up: major upgrade in progress
Upcoming versions may include breaking changes that affect existing decks (dependencies, theme config, layouts/components). Please read the Upgrade Notes before updating.
Try the pre-release:
npm i -D slidev-theme-scholarly@next
✨ Key Features
🎓 Professional & Academic
LaTeX Beamer-inspired design with Classic Academic Blue and modern typography. Perfect for conferences, lectures, and research presentations.
📐 24 Specialized Layouts
Organized into four categories for easy discovery:
- Structure Layouts (7) - Framework and organization
- Content Layouts (6) - Information presentation
- Emphasis Layouts (4) - Highlighting key messages
- Academic Layouts (7) - Research-specific features
🧩 Rich Components
Built-in academic components with simple syntax:
- Theorem - Theorems, lemmas, definitions, proofs
- Block - Beamer-style colored information blocks
- Citations - BibTeX integration with automatic bibliography
- Steps - Workflow and process visualization
- Keywords - Keyword tags for papers
- Columns - Flexible multi-column layouts
- Highlight - Text highlighting and emphasis
🎨 Customizable Themes
Mix and match from multiple theme dimensions:
- 9 Color Themes - Classic Blue, Oxford Burgundy, Cambridge Green, Yale Blue, Princeton Orange, Nordic Gray, Monochrome, High Contrast, Sepia
- 7 Font Themes - Classic, Modern, Minimal, Elegant, Tech, Academic, Contemporary
- Color Modes - Light and dark mode support
- Section Modes - Independent light/dark section dividers
📝 Developer-Friendly
- Pure Markdown - No coding required
- Syntax Sugar - Simplified component syntax
- Type Safety - Full TypeScript support
- VS Code Extension - Snippets and preview support
- Hot Reload - Instant preview during development
🚀 Quick Start
Install the theme:
npm install slidev-theme-scholarlyCreate your presentation:
---
theme: scholarly
---
# Your Presentation Title
Subtitle or description📸 Preview
📚 Documentation
Getting Started
- Quick Start - Get started in 5 minutes
- Features - Overview of all features
- VS Code Extension - Install snippets and tools
- Color & Typography Themes - Explore theme options
Layouts
- Structure Layouts - Cover, sections, and navigation
- Content Layouts - Text, images, and columns
- Emphasis Layouts - Quotes, facts, and highlights
- Academic Layouts - Methodology, results, and references
Components
- Theorem - Mathematical theorems and proofs
- Block - Information blocks
- Citations - BibTeX citations and bibliography
- Steps - Process visualization
- Keywords - Keyword tags
- Columns - Multi-column layouts
- Highlight - Text highlighting
👥 Who is this for?
- 👨🎓 PhD students presenting dissertations and research
- 👩🏫 Professors creating course lectures and seminars
- 🔬 Researchers preparing conference talks and papers
- 🏢 Professionals delivering technical presentations
- 📊 Anyone needing polished academic presentations
No programming experience required!
🌟 Why Choose Scholarly?
Academic Excellence
Designed by researchers, for researchers. Every layout and component follows academic presentation best practices.
Time-Saving
Stop fighting with PowerPoint. Write in Markdown, preview instantly, and export to PDF or host online.
Version Control
Your presentations are plain text files. Track changes with Git, collaborate with GitHub, and never lose work.
Modern Stack
Built on Slidev, powered by Vue and Vite. Export to PDF, host anywhere, or present directly in the browser.
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Check out our Contributing Guide to get started.
📄 License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.
Ready to create beautiful academic presentations?