Open Source PDF Readers

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  1. Okular icon
     478 likes

    Multi-platform document viewer supporting PDF, comics, EPUB, images, and Markdown with annotation tools, sidebar navigation, and text-to-speech features.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    113 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good46 reviews
  2. Xournal++ icon
     183 likes

    Handwritten notes and PDF annotation app with pen input, shape drawing, customizable toolbar, image insertion, audio recording, and multi-platform support.

    Xournal++ screenshot 1
    55 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent30 reviews
  3. Evince icon
     459 likes

    Evince (or GNOME Document Viewer) is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and others. See Supported Document Formats for details.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    115 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good15 reviews
  4. MuPDF icon
     157 likes

    Highly versatile PDF and XPS solution offering customizable rendering and viewing with features like digital signatures, redactions, and annotations.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    89 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good12 reviews
  5. Librera Reader icon
     75 likes

    Librera Reader is a highly customizable and feature-rich application for reading books in PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, FB2, TXT, RTF, AZW, AZW3, HTML, CBZ, CBR formats on Android devices.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    63 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent18 reviews
  6. KOReader icon
     71 likes

    An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Linux and Android devices.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Android
    • AppImageHub
    • Kobo Books
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android Tablet
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    66 alternatives
  7. Readest icon
     23 likes

    Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android Tablet
    Annotation
    14 alternatives
  8. QuickLook icon
     79 likes

    The Quick Look feature from Mac OS X, which allows users to preview file contents quickly by pressing the Space key, is missed. Windows doesn't have this feature. While alternatives like WinQuickLook and Seer exist, the decision was made to create a new version because the...

    Preview of a shapefile (.shp) using the shapefile viewer plugin https://github.com/birderyu/QuickLook.Plugin.ShapefileViewer
    20 alternatives
    5.0
    Excellent11 reviews
  9. EmbedPDF icon
     13 likes

    EmbedPDF is a framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed PDF viewer that drops into any JavaScript project. Whether you build with React, Vue, Svelte, Preact, or vanilla JS, EmbedPDF delivers a smooth, modern reading experience and a clean developer API.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Vue.js
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  10. Kavita icon
     26 likes

    Lightning fast with a slick design, Kavita is a rocket-fueled self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats. Install to start reading and share your server with your friends. book reader, self hosted, manga, comics, free, manhwa, e readers, electronic...

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    170 alternatives
  11. Papers icon
     12 likes

    A document viewer for the GNOME desktop. You can view, search or annotate documents in many different formats.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    A clear, simple Ul
    66 alternatives
  12. PDF4QT icon
     8 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer/editor using Qt framework with C++ library, multithreading, hardware rendering, encryption, text layout, and form tools.

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    97 alternatives
  13. Chaka icon
     4 likes

    Read fluently and comfortably, with simple and clear interface.

    Supported Document Types: PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CBZ, FB2, XPS, TXT, HTML, OFFICE(DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) and ZIP/GZIP

    Features: Horizontal / Vertical Flip Continuous Scroll Lock Stray: Keep scroll straight Margin Crop Focus M.

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    45 alternatives
  14. Skim icon
     92 likes

    PDF viewer and annotation tool for macOS supports scientific paper reading, note-taking, highlighting, bookmarks, multiple annotation types, and AppleScript.

    The PDF Window
    85 alternatives
  15. Atril icon
     15 likes

    Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI, XPS and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard...

    107 alternatives
  16. Kiview icon
     4 likes

    Kiview gives the user the ability to quickly preview different file types without the need to launch the default application.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
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    19 alternatives
  17. zathura icon
     45 likes

    Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    Bestfit
    69 alternatives
  18. BookLore icon
     6 likes

    Self-hosted app to organize and read PDFs and ePubs, offering multi-user support, metadata fetching, progress tracking, intuitive browsing, and a modern responsive UI.

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    31 alternatives