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Public story · 2026-08-07 · high
The reverse-engineered tool forked 462 times in two days, a 29% ratio that signals real use, not bookmarking.
Why now: The star and fork count is from August 7, 2026, two days after the repository posted.
Binaryify reverse-engineered Kimi's Slides feature into open-kimi-ppt-skill, and the project pulled 1,584 stars and 462 forks in 48 hours.
That fork ratio, 29%, is the number that matters. It means people are running the code and changing it, not bookmarking a link to Kimi's feature.
The tool outputs the same editable PPTD and PPTX files Kimi's feature produces, plus a local browser editor for adjusting slides afterward.
Forks are the tell here. Stars mean someone noticed a project; forks mean someone pulled the code and started using or modifying it. A ratio this high, about one fork per 3.4 stars, two days after posting, is unusual.
You don't need Kimi's own product to get Kimi's output format anymore. The repository doesn't say how the clone's slide quality compares to the original, so that gap is still open.
Expect this to repeat every time a lab ships a proprietary document feature. An open clone can show up within days, and the fork-to-star ratio, not the star count alone, is the number worth watching next time.
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