# Flipbook: Self-hosted presentation viewer

Source: https://metavert.io/flipbook  
Published: 2026-02-21  
Updated: 2026-02-23

# Flipbook

A lightweight, self-hosted flipbook generator. Upload PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides and get beautiful, SEO-optimized 3D page-curl presentations. (Just want to try our hosted instead version for a monthly fee? [Click here to use hosted Flipbook.)](https://flipbook.metavert.io)

Interactive demo — flip through the pages, try fullscreen, grid view, and search

[Download on GitHub](https://github.com/jonradoff/flipbook)

## What It Does

Flipbook converts your presentations into interactive, web-based flipbooks with realistic 3D page-curl animations. Each flipbook gets its own SEO-optimized webpage with full slide text indexed for search engines—or you can embed it in any site via iframe.

### Built for the Agentic Era

Flipbook includes a built-in **MCP server** so you can create and manage flipbooks directly from Claude Code, Cowork, or any MCP-compatible AI agent. Upload files, import Google Slides, and publish presentations—all from agentic workflows.

## Features

**Upload & Convert**  
PowerPoint (.pptx, .ppt) and PDF files converted to interactive flipbooks

**Google Slides Import**  
Paste a public Google Slides URL and import directly

**3D Page-Curl Viewer**  
Realistic page-turning with keyboard nav, fullscreen, and deep-linking

**SEO-Optimized Pages**  
Full slide text as semantic HTML, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, JSON-LD

**Embeddable**  
One-line iframe embed, or host directly as standalone pages

**Grid View**  
Browse all slides at a glance with thumbnail grid overlay

**Full-Text Search**  
Search across all slide content with instant results

**MCP Server**  
Create flipbooks from AI agent workflows via JSON-RPC over stdio

**REST API**  
Full API with bearer token auth for programmatic access

**Admin Dashboard**  
Upload progress tracking, thumbnails, embed code generation

**Secure Admin**  
bcrypt-hashed password, session auth, API key protection

**No Build Tools**  
Plain Go templates, vanilla JS. No npm, webpack, or node required.

## Tech Stack

| Component | Technology |
| --- | --- |
| Backend | Go + chi router |
| Database | MongoDB Atlas |
| Conversion | LibreOffice headless (PPTX→PDF) + pdftoppm/poppler (PDF→PNG) |
| Text Extraction | pdftotext (poppler) for search + SEO |
| Viewer | StPageFlip (vendored, MIT license) |
| Frontend | Server-rendered Go templates, vanilla CSS/JS |

## Quick Start

**Prerequisites:** Go 1.21+, LibreOffice, Poppler, MongoDB

```
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/jonradoff/flipbook.git
cd flipbook

# Copy and edit config
cp config.example.yaml config.dev.yaml
# Edit config.dev.yaml with your MongoDB URI

# Set an admin password
make set-password

# Start the server
make run
```

Visit `http://localhost:8080/admin` to upload your first presentation.

## MCP Integration

The built-in MCP server lets AI agents manage flipbooks programmatically:

- `list_flipbooks` — List all flipbooks with status and URLs
- `create_flipbook` — Upload a file (base64), wait for conversion
- `import_google_slides` — Import from Google Slides URL
- `get_flipbook` — Get flipbook details, page URLs, embed code
- `get_flipbook_status` — Check conversion progress
- `delete_flipbook` — Delete a flipbook and its files

```
# Register with Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio flipbook-mcp -- /path/to/flipbook/flipbook-mcp-wrapper.sh
```

## License

MIT License — [View on GitHub](https://github.com/jonradoff/flipbook)