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Evince

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Evince (or GNOME Document Viewer) is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and others. See Supported Document Formats for details.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • PortableApps.com
  • Flathub
  • GNOME
4.1 / 5 Avg rating (16)
456 likes
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Minimalistic
  3.  Privacy focused

Features

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

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Evince information

  • Developed by

    The GNOME Project
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1 (16 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    115 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 16 comments and reviews about Evince, and it has gotten 456 likes

Evince was added to AlternativeTo by syntax on Apr 14, 2009 and this page was last updated Apr 6, 2024.

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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.
drink_n_drive
  
Top positive commentSep 18, 2015

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.

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maxrempel
  
Top negative commentMar 5, 2019

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

1 reply
Matt Adamek

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.

Reply written Apr 8, 2020

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tuva-hayabi
  
Positive commentOct 3, 2023

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.

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windmillchess
  
Positive commentJun 23, 2023

Good keybindings and thankfully no javascript

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aani
  
Positive commentAug 25, 2021
• Edited Aug 25, 2021

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
  
Positive comment
Pending approval • Edited Nov 14, 2021

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

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Matt Adamek
  
Positive commentJan 29, 2018

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

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What is Evince?

Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats. It currently supports pdf, postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, cbr, cbz, etc.

The goal of Evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on the GNOME Desktop with a single simple application. Evince is also capable of displaying, adding and editing PDF annotations (comments).

Remember zoom factor per document.
Remember position per document.