Dashi PPT vs Brand.yml

Dashi PPT

By Chuspeeism

Turn your notes into a styled slide deck you can edit in-browser and export to PPTX.

Brand.yml

By Posit

Define your brand colors, fonts, and logos once, use them everywhere in Shiny and Quarto.

Dashi PPT

• Builds a full deck from your document or notes
• Offers 12 visual themes, from clean corporate to bold data and magazine styles
• Gives you several layout options for each slide
• Opens in the browser with controls to edit slides directly
• Exports to editable PowerPoint (PPTX) or PDF

Brand.yml

• Creates a single YAML file that stores your brand colors, fonts, and logo files
• Automatically applies your branding to Shiny web apps and Quarto documents
• Supports light and dark mode variants for colors and logos
• Integrates with Google Fonts and custom typography
• Works across HTML reports, dashboards, slides, and PDFs

Reach for Dashi PPT when…

• You need a work presentation or report deck fast
• You want slides that look designed without starting from a blank template
• You'd like to fine-tune slides yourself before sending them
• You need a final file in PowerPoint format

Reach for Brand.yml when…

• You're setting up brand guidelines for a team's reports and dashboards
• You need consistent colors and fonts across multiple documents without manual styling
• You're creating Shiny apps or Quarto reports and want them to match your brand
• You want to update your brand palette once and have it apply everywhere