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  • Sumatra PDF icon

    Sumatra PDF

    What is Sumatra PDF? Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF/DjVu/EPUB/XPS/CHM/CBR/CBZ/MOBI viewer for Windows. Why another PDF reader? Sumatra has a...

    Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

    Lightweight Export to office formats Fast & easy setup Simple user interface Tabbed interface Add a feature
    • Free, quick to install, quick to uninstall, loads fast. pbfranon • Jun 2016 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • It's nowhere as vulnerable to attacks as Adobe Reader, doesn't execute embedded JS, and renders documents blazingly fast Atoshi • Nov 2016 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Very light (few mb) and great compatibility Guest • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Sumatra is perfect, lightweight, does what is useful and does it well. Guest • Aug 2016 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Very lightweight, always works well, better performance Guest • 13 days ago Disagree   Agree
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    Foxit Reader

    Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight multi-platform PDF document viewer. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Whether you're a consumer...

    Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone ... iPad PortableApps.com

    Multiple languages PDF annotation Fill PDF Forms Scan to PDF Sign PDF files Tabbed interface ... Tablet support Add a feature
    • This one has the ability to mark PDFs for highlighting books and etc. Guest • Jun 2016 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Multi tabs, stable, and very clean design. Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree   Agree
    • Typewriter function can make any form a fillable form. Skip the printing and associated cost. Did this with lengthy government forms and docs. Seamless. Guest • Jul 2017 Disagree   Agree
  • PDF-XChange Viewer icon

    PDF-XChange Viewer

    PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files. You can add text, sticky notes, and other annotations and save...

    Freemium Windows PortableApps.com

    PDF OCR Commenting Feature Extract annotation Font identifier Lightweight Multiple languages ... Note extraction PDF annotation Side-by-Side View Add a feature
    • Has enough bells and whistles to be competitive with Adobe without all the useless bloat. Additionally, PDF-XChange Viewer has many options for software installation such as 32-bit, 64-bit, full and portable installs. Guest • Dec 2016 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • It allows note and annotation extraction in text format (contra e.g. Sumatra or Foxit) Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree   Agree
  • Okular icon

    Okular

    Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4 with support for advanced document features, such as annotations, forms, and embedded files. Okular...

    Free Open Source Linux BSD KDE

    Tabbed interface PDF annotation Fill PDF Forms Add a feature
    • Okular is a highly functional .pdf reader provided as a default with KDE and KDE's Plasma desktop environments. Open source, flexible and fast. What's not to like? JohnFastman • Dec 2016 Disagree   Agree
    • Lightweight, can read many document fomats like cbz or cbr, can even merge pdfs Guest • 8 days ago Disagree   Agree
  • MuPDF icon

    MuPDF

    MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer. The renderer in MuPDF is tailored for high quality anti-aliased graphics. It renders text with metrics and spacing...

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone iPad Xfce

    Lightweight Add a feature
  • Preview icon

    Preview

    Preview is a simple and elegant application by Apple for viewing and working with images and PDF documents. With a single click, Preview takes your PDF document full...

    Free Mac

    No features added Add a feature
  • Nitro Reader icon

    Nitro Reader

    Nitro Reader offers features and functionality far beyond typical PDF readers, and makes working with PDF easier than ever before. Create PDF files, comment and...

    Free Personal Windows

    Create PDF files PDF annotation Sign PDF files Add a feature
    • You can create pdfs from other documents and even from pics. It has OCR so you can edit and change what is written even in a picture... plus other stuff. Guest • Mar 2017 Disagree   Agree
  • Skim icon

    Skim

    Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

    Free Open Source Mac

    PDF annotation Add a feature

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    zathura

    zathura is a highly customizable and functional PDF viewer based on the poppler rendering library and the gtk+ toolkit. The idea behind zathura is an application that...

    Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD MacPorts Homebrew

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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Comments

visually bloated

Comment by Xate
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Feb 2016 · Helpful Not helpful

The new DC update gave the ever heavy and bloated adobe reader an idiotic interface. The menu bar and side bar took up too much of my screen.

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Comment by jamesvdm
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

It's really not that big or bloated for what it does, but the weekly updates drive me insane.

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Comment by endolith
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

Adobe Reader functions more smoothly and renders more accurately than any of the clones I have tried. I've never noticed this "bloat" that everyone complains about.

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Render everything properly unlike Foxit

Comment by s0me0ne
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and Foxit Reader · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

Kinda slow, but will render everything properly unlike Foxit. Also the UI is much better since v8.

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Comment by slyck
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

Adobe is garbage. Always has been slow and buggy. Use a quality open source alternative like Evince, Sumatra, or Okular. I guess you could use Foxit if you want adware.

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Comment by zzzcrash
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

Honestly, I can't see any reason to use Adobe Reader anymore, at least on Windows or Linux. If you want a free program for reading pdfs, Foxit Reader is not only faster but also let's you highlight and annotate the text with ease. Adobe Reader doesn't provide any editing tools: you have to pay boatloads for Adobe Professional if you want that.

The Linux version of Foxit still needs a ton of work, but you can just use the Windows version through Wine instead. Works just fine.

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Comment by endolith
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

I didn't realize until a few days ago that this can open and view .ai files from Adobe Illustrator. Should be added as an alternative for that.

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Comment by Aaron
about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful

Its nice and has some nice features, like copying an image or test from the pdf, but for me it was always too slow. I could load up a pdf faster in just about any other program, so I dont use this anymore. It works ok, but just is not that good anymore.

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