I'm working in a team as dev and I have access to the Slicemachine to generate and update slices. My team would like to have an overview of available slices and pages just as I have as dev in the Slicemachine.
I was wondering if it was possible to deploy a read-only version of the Slicemachine to share those information with them ? I don't want them to have access to the modification tools but to the overview that the SM gives. I'm also concerned about the security and don't want to give access to whomever know the DNS.
You’re right — the SliceMachine UI is currently designed for local development use only and doesn’t support a read-only, deployable version. There’s no built-in way to share that UI with non-developers without also exposing editing capabilities, which understandably raises security concerns.
That said, a great alternative is to use Storybook for exactly this use case.
Why Storybook?
It’s fully customizable and can be deployed safely as a read-only UI.
You can host it securely behind auth (e.g. Basic Auth, Auth0, etc.) to restrict access.
It provides a clear visual overview of all your slices and components in isolation.
It stays in sync with your components as they evolve — ideal for designers, content writers, and stakeholders to explore slices.
If you’re using SliceMachine with frameworks like Nuxt or Next.js, you can configure Storybook to render slices using mock data or real data fetched from Prismic.
Let us know if you’d like guidance setting it up — happy to help!