Evince Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Evince for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Okular, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Evince and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Evince are Xournal++, MuPDF, Linwood Butterfly and Sioyek.

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  1. ePDFView icon
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    A simple PDF document viewer, in the lines of Evince but without using the Gnome libraries. ePDFView is a free lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK+ libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. PDF4QT icon
     8 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer and editor using Qt framework, featuring hardware-accelerated rendering, encryption, multithreading, text-to-speech, annotation tools, form filling, high-res monitor support, document compression, audio book conversion, and signature validation.

    103 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. Xpdf icon
     12 likes

    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.

    64 Xpdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Dark Mode PDF reader.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. SourcePDF icon
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    SourcePDF is a completely free to use PDF editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7.  1 like

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. 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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  9. SpeedyNote icon
     1 like

    SpeedyNote is a fast, open-source note-taking application designed for stylus users who need iPad-quality annotation on budget hardware. Built with native C++ and Qt, it delivers 360Hz stylus input on hardware as modest as an Intel Celeron N4000 at 1.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Jomic icon
     6 likes

    Jomic is a viewer for comic books stored in CBZ, CBR, and PDF files. Features include a two page mode, caching and support for several image formats (PNG, JFIF/JPEG, TIFF, and GIF). It is Open Source software distributed under the GNU General Public License.

    52 Jomic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Jumpdf icon
     1 like

    Jumpdf is a keyboard-focused PDF viewer for documents where one needs to jump between different sections of the document frequently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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