{"slug": "fyslide-a-local-desktop-app-that-turns-one-topic-into-tiktok-slideshows", "title": "Fyslide – a local desktop app that turns one topic into TikTok slideshows", "summary": "Fyslide launched as a local-first desktop app for Mac (with a Windows beta) that uses a user-supplied AI model to generate up to ten TikTok slideshows or Instagram carousels from a single topic, with all files stored in a folder on the user's computer. The app connects to a logged-in CLI, an API key stored encrypted locally, or a local Ollama model, and includes a local MCP server that lets Claude Code, Codex or Cursor list designs, create slideshows, edit text, replace images and export while the user watches in Fyslide. Fyslide sells a one-time Lifetime License for one computer with no subscription, and the price rises as licenses sell while staying fixed for existing buyers; posting to TikTok and Instagram and TikTok analytics are listed as coming soon.", "body_md": "Measured with a local Ollama model on a Mac. Other AI providers take longer. How we measured\n\nFyslide makes TikTok photo slideshows and Instagram carousels on your computer. Pick a design, type one topic, and your own AI writes up to ten slideshows in one go. Polish them, export pixel-perfect images. Everything stays on your computer.\n\nThe AI gives you a first draft; the editor gives you control. Move and restyle text, swap images, add stickers and shapes, slide by slide.\n\nText, image, sticker and shape elements\n\nRecurring characters across your posts\n\nWhat you see is what you export\n\nFyslide\n\nThe Fyslide slide editor\n\nDesigns\n\nYour format, reusable forever.\n\nUse the built-in designs or make your own. Found a format that works? Turn screenshots of it into an editable design with a vision-capable AI.\n\nBuilt-in designs to start with\n\nMake your own from scratch\n\nScreenshots → reusable design\n\nFyslide\n\nDesigns: built-in and your own\n\nImage library\n\nAll your images, one library.\n\nImport folders, drag and drop, or paste from the clipboard. Organize in collections, cut out subjects with local background removal (Apple Vision).\n\nCollections, folder import, drag & drop, paste\n\nOpenverse search for Creative Commons images\n\nOptional Pinterest search in your own login\n\nFyslide\n\nThe image library with collections\n\nPlanner\n\nPlan your posts on a calendar, per account.\n\nPut finished slideshows on a day and a time, for the account they belong to. Drag to move, mark as posted, see what is next at a glance.\n\nWeek and month view\n\nDrag a slideshow onto a day\n\nPlan per account\n\nFyslide\n\nThe Planner calendar\n\nExport\n\nPixel-perfect, straight to a folder.\n\nSlides are rendered with Google Chrome on your computer and exported as PNG or JPG together with the caption and a zip, into the folder you choose.\n\nPNG or JPG\n\nCaption included\n\nZip for easy transfer\n\nFyslide\n\nExporting a slideshow\n\nOn the way\n\nComing soon\n\nPost to TikTok\n\nPost to TikTok from any number of your accounts, now or at a planned time.\n\nComing soon\n\nPost to Instagram\n\nSend carousels to Instagram from the app.\n\nComing soon\n\nAnalytics\n\nViews, likes and comments of your TikTok posts, read automatically from TikTok.\n\nNot available yet, but included in your lifetime access as an update.\n\nLocal first\n\nEverything stays on your computer.\n\nFyslide is a desktop app, not a web service. Your library, designs and slideshows live in a folder on your computer. AI requests go straight from your computer to the provider you picked, or never leave it with Ollama.\n\n~/Library/Application Support/\n\nFyslide/\n\nlibrary · designs · slideshows\n\n# sent to our server:\n\nlicense check, plus anonymous usage totals (can be turned off)\n\nBring your own AI\n\nUse the AI you already pay for. Or a free one.\n\nFyslide doesn’t resell AI. Connect a CLI you’re logged into, an API key (stored encrypted on your computer) or Ollama running locally. Nothing runs on Fyslide’s servers.\n\nClaude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. OpenAI, ChatGPT and Codex are trademarks of OpenAI. Gemini and Google are trademarks of Google LLC. Ollama is a trademark of its owner. Fyslide is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.\n\nLogos are shown only to identify the services you can connect to Fyslide.\n\nLocal MCP server\n\nLet your agent make the slideshows.\n\nConnect Claude Code, Codex or Cursor in one click. Your agent can list designs, create slideshows, edit texts, replace images and export, while you watch it happen in Fyslide.\n\nList my Fyslide designs and make a 6-slide slideshow about “3 stretches for desk workers” with photos from ~/Pictures/stretches.\n\n⏺ Fyslide · list\n\n⏺ Fyslide · create_slideshow\n\nExample prompt. Results depend on your AI and designs.\n\nFyslide\n\nFyslide's MCP page with one-click connect\n\nPricing\n\nPay once. Keep it.\n\nOne Lifetime License for one computer (Mac, or the Windows Beta). No subscription. The price steps up as licenses sell, and never changes for people who already bought.\n\nFree download, license required to run\n\n1 license = 1 computer, move it up to 3× per 12 months\n\nWorks offline after activation\n\nAll sales final, no refunds\n\nFyslide Lifetime License\n\nPrice by license number. One license is one computer, USD, one-time.\n\nFyslide is a desktop app (macOS, plus a Windows Beta) for making photo slideshows for TikTok and carousels for Instagram. You pick a design, give it a topic, and the AI you connect writes the slide texts. You refine everything in the editor (text, images, stickers, shapes) and export pixel-perfect PNG or JPG slides plus a caption.\n\nHow long does it take to make ten slideshows?+\n\nAbout 2 minutes with a local Ollama model: ten slideshows of six slides each from one topic took 88 and 102 seconds in our two runs on a Mac (Apple M5 Pro, Ollama with llama3.1 8B). Measured with a local Ollama model on a Mac. Other AI providers take longer: Claude Code took 3.5 to 4.5 minutes and Codex about 7 minutes for the same ten.\n\nYour time depends on your computer, the model and the provider's load, and on the number of slides. Web or AI-generated images add their own time.\n\nNo. Fyslide runs 100% locally on your computer. Your library, designs and slideshows are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Fyslide on a Mac (%APPDATA%\\Fyslide on Windows). The only thing the app sends to us is the license check (see Privacy).\n\nYour AI requests go directly from your computer to the provider you chose, or stay on your computer with Ollama. Nothing runs on Fyslide's servers.\n\nA Mac running macOS (there are separate builds for Apple Silicon and Intel) and Google Chrome installed. Fyslide uses Chrome to render and export your slides. A Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) Beta is also available; see the download page.\n\nBring your own: Claude Code CLI, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Ollama (free, runs locally), an Anthropic API key or an OpenAI API key. API keys are stored encrypted on your computer.\n\nFyslide does not charge for AI. With an API key, the provider bills you per use. The CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini) use your existing subscription or account with that provider. Ollama is free and runs on your computer.\n\nCan Claude Code or Cursor control Fyslide?+\n\nYes. Fyslide includes a local MCP server. Connect Claude Code, Codex or Cursor in one click from the app, then let your agent list designs, create slideshows, edit texts, replace images and export. The app must be running and licensed.\n\nYes. Anyone can download the app; it asks for your license key when you first open it. There is no trial mode, so please read the docs and ask us anything before you buy.\n\nHow does the license work?+\n\nOne Lifetime License is a one-time payment for one computer, Mac or Windows. You activate it in the app. To move it to another computer, deactivate the old one in the license portal; you can do that up to 3 times per 12 months. After activation Fyslide works offline.\n\nNo. All sales are final, except by court order or in special cases at the owner's discretion, and except where mandatory law provides otherwise. Your license key is delivered digitally right after payment; at checkout you agree to immediate delivery and acknowledge that you lose the right of withdrawal. 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