Open Source Evince Alternatives for Mac

Evince is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best open source Mac alternative is Xournal++. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Evince and 14 are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Evince are Linwood Butterfly, Sioyek, WinDjView and Skim.

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  1. Xournal++ icon
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    Handwritten note-taking and PDF annotation using pen input and pressure sensitivity, shape drawing, customizable toolbar layouts, image insertion, audio recording, multi-language options, LaTeX integration, and complete export in PDF or PNG formats across all platforms.

    58 Xournal++ alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. 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.

    46 Linwood Butterfly alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • AltStore
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Sioyek icon
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    Sioyek is a PDF viewer with minimal interface optimized for reading research papers and technical books.

    39 Sioyek alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. WinDjView icon
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    WinDjView is a fast, compact and powerful DjVu viewer for Windows with tabbed interface, continuous scrolling and advanced printing options. It uses the free DjVuLibre library to decode DjVu documents. DjVu is a web-centric format and software platform for distributing documents...

    37 WinDjView alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. Skim icon
     93 likes

    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    92 Skim alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  6. 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.

    72 zathura alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
  7. Xpdf icon
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    Xpdf is a free PDF viewer and toolkit, including a text extractor, image converter, HTML converter, and more. Most of the tools are available as open source.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. NightPDF icon
     4 likes

    Dark Mode PDF reader.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  9. SimplePDF icon
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    Simple macOS PDF reader with ChatGPT integrated. You can chat with your local PDF. The returned response can cite the page number to ensure correctness.

    60 SimplePDF alternatives

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    • Mac
     
  10.  1 like

    A small .pdf management tool with a command-line UI.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Free, open-source desktop app for legally binding PDF digital signatures. Sign with PKCS#11 hardware tokens, USB dongles, smart cards, PFX certificates, or Windows keystore. Adobe-compatible, RFC 3161 timestamped, fully offline — no cloud, no subscription.

    8 Trexo PDF Signer alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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