Open Source Adobe Acrobat Reader Alternatives for Android

There are many alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Android alternative is ONLYOFFICE. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ONLYOFFICE or MuPDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader and 11 are open source and available for Android so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Android alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader are Document Viewer, MJ PDF Reader, Secure PDF Viewer and Sav PDF Viewer.

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  1. ONLYOFFICE icon

    ONLYOFFICE

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    Open-source office suite offering document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing with co-editing modes, plugin support, integration across 30+ services, robust security, and mobile access. Available in Community, Enterprise, and Home Server editions for versatile deployment.

    71 ONLYOFFICE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Flatpak
    • Cloudron
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    • ONLYOFFICE is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad, SaaS, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader.

    • ONLYOFFICE is Free Personal and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ONLYOFFICE is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
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    MuPDF

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    MuPDF offers a highly versatile PDF, XPS, and eBook interpreter, customizable as a renderer, viewer, or toolkit. Features include digital signatures, redactions, form filling, annotations, and page manipulation, ideal for mobile, eBooks, and embedded apps supporting Java, C++, and Python.

    89 MuPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    Pro Daddy
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    It doesn't have several major features that adobe reader has. MuPDF just open files that's all. no options at all, no resizing, no editing, no change in view, there is nothing.

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    Not available on Apple Store (Ipad 6, ios 17.5.1)

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    • Most users think MuPDF is a great Adobe Acrobat Reader alternative.

    • MuPDF is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Linwood Butterfly

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    Butterfly is a note-taking app where your ideas come first. You can paint, add texts, and export them easily on every device. This app works on android, windows, linux, and in the web.

    44 Linwood Butterfly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • AltStore
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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    ONLYOFFICE

    Open-source office suite offering document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing with co-editing modes, plugin support, integration across 30+ services, robust security, and mobile access. Available in Community, Enterprise, and...

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    Document Viewer

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    Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid .

    150 Document Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    Comments about Document Viewer as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    open source, fast, lightweight, support for many formats, many available settings

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    For android smartphones, its the best choice as it is opensource and has many features.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Document Viewer is a great Adobe Acrobat Reader alternative.

    • Document Viewer is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Document Viewer is Customizable and Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
  7. MJ PDF Reader icon

    MJ PDF Reader

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    A totally free of cost and ads PDF documents reader.

    70 MJ PDF Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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    Port5000
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    0

    Much more simpler UI, it has all you'd need to open and view pdf files without any kind of registration or tracking or any ads

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    • MJ PDF Reader is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • MJ PDF Reader is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
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    Sav PDF Viewer

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    The simplest PDF viewer. Safe (doesn't require permissions), lightweight (just 6,9MB) and modern.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
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  11. Orion Viewer icon

    Orion Viewer

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    Orion is a pdf, djvu, xps and cbz file viewer for Android devices, based on mupdf and DjVuLibre libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    Shelf (Maui Applications)

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    Shelf is a convergent document viewer that supports PDF and EPUB files. With Shelf, you can organize your document collection by creating tags, like other Maui applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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    modern computer flatboat

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    modern computer flatboat is a mobile pdf viewer written in Qt and using MuPDF's libfitz.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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