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Evince

Supports viewing and editing PDF annotations, displays multiple formats such as PDF, Postscript, DjVu, comic books, TIFF, DVI, XPS, remembers per-document zoom and position, features search, table-of-contents navigation, SyncTeX integration, and printing.

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  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • PortableApps.com
  • GNOME
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Minimalistic
  3.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  PDF annotation
  2.  Invert colours
  3.  Multiple languages
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Portable
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Handwriting recognition

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Evince is praised for its speed, lightweight nature, and functionality including comic book file reading and annotation features. However, issues such as unstable printing, lack of Dark Mode, persistent window size, and limited Windows compatibility are noted. While loved for its minimalist design, concerns about its transition to Gnome3 and user interface aesthetics are mentioned. It remains a favorite among Linux users for its efficiency, despite minor installation challenges.
Top Positive Comment
drink_n_drive
3

Evince is my default PDF reader, but still lacks annotations as you can notice by the comments above. Still, it has great GTK+3.x theme integration, no bloat, and I can read both my big true-pdf files and .cbr comic books flawlessly. My upvote.

Top Negative Comment
maxrempel
0

Windows installation is not easily available. It is a unix program which could be compiled for windows but go figure it yourself.

Matt Adamek
Replying to @maxrempel

I still have an outdated (2.32.0) installer for windows saved on my webserver and download it whenever I am dealing with users at the grandma skill level. And while some might frown at it, I find things like its lack of support for javascript reassuring.

tuva-hayabi
1

I use it under GNU/Linux as a simple PDF viewer, as it is lightweight and fast.

Actually I'd like to have it for Windows, too, but there is no installation file available, and I don't want to compile it myself.

windmillchess
1

Good keybindings and thankfully no javascript

aani
1

Lightweight, fast, minimalist.

PRO: Evince supports different kinds of annotations now. All annotations start life as Highlights, and can then be customized through the "Annotation Properties" right-click menu.

CON: Will invert colors for low-strain reading, but does not have a true Night/Dark mode. If the color of your annotations matters to you as a reader, inverting might annoy you.

OVERALL: Great lightweight PDF/Comic book reader, especially if running Linux

COMPLAINTS: No 'Dark mode' without distorting annotation colors No 'Recent items' menu

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ab1
1

Usable if you have to close and open common documents from the last place.

It will remember zoom factor per document. If will remember position per document.

evince --version GNOME Document Viewer 3.28.4

Matt Adamek
1

Opening 40 PDF fiels with average size of 2M within a second? No problem!

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What is Evince?

Evince, also known as GNOME Document Viewer, supports various document formats including PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex with gedit, and comic book formats. Its main goal is to consolidate different document viewers into one application. It also allows for display, addition, and editing of PDF annotations, and remembers zoom factors and positions for each document.

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Our users have written 16 comments and reviews about Evince, and it has gotten 465 likes

Evince was added to AlternativeTo by syntax on and this page was last updated . Evince is sometimes referred to as GNOME Document Viewer.