Installation

Prerequisites

Before installing figdeck, make sure you have the following:

Figma Desktop App

Caution

figdeck only works with the Figma Desktop App. The browser version of Figma does not support WebSocket connections required by the plugin.

Download from: figma.com/downloads

Node.js

Node.js 20 or later is required to run the CLI.

Download from: nodejs.org

You can verify your installation by running:

node --version

Figma Plugin

Install the figdeck plugin from Figma Community:

figdeck - Figma Community

CLI

You can use figdeck directly with npx, pnpm dlx, or bunx, or install it globally.

Using npx, pnpm dlx, or bunx (Recommended)

npx

npx figdeck@latest init
npx figdeck@latest serve slides.md

pnpm dlx

pnpm dlx figdeck@latest init
pnpm dlx figdeck@latest serve slides.md

bunx

bunx figdeck@latest init
bunx figdeck@latest serve slides.md

Global Installation

npm install -g figdeck