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Kchmviewer

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Kchmviewer is a free, open-source CHM (MS HTML help) and EPUB viewer written in C++ for Unix, Mac and Windows systems. Unlike most existing CHM viewers for Unix, it uses Trolltech Qt widget library, and could optionally be compiled for better KDE integration.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Country of Origin

  • RU flagRussia

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • PortableApps.com
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Discontinued

The latest version (7.7) is from 2016.

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  • u-235 added Kchmviewer as alternative to uChmViewer
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    This is the best program for viewing CHM and EPUB.

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    Lightweight and added functionality to the chm viewer included with Windows.

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Kchmviewer information

  • Developed by

    RU flagGeorge Yunaev

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5

  • Alternatives

    14 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Russian
    • German
    • Chinese

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  •  78 Stars
  •  20 Forks
  •  23 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 18, 2024 
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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Kchmviewer, and it has gotten 13 likes

Kchmviewer was added to AlternativeTo by Opus616 on Feb 24, 2012 and this page was last updated Jun 2, 2025.

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Xichen Li
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Detect the encoding of Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows correctly on Windows with Chinese locale

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This is the best program for viewing CHM and EPUB.

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Lightweight and added functionality to the chm viewer included with Windows.

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Supports searching throughout an entire chm file and not just the open page.

What is Kchmviewer?

Kchmviewer is a free, open-source CHM (MS HTML help) and EPUB viewer written in C++ for Unix, Mac and Windows systems. Unlike most existing CHM viewers for Unix, it uses Trolltech Qt widget library, and could optionally be compiled for better KDE integration. It does not require KDE, but may be compiled with KDE widget support. Since version 5.0 it uses the Webkit API to show the content.

The main advantage of kchmviewer is the best support for non-English languages. Unlike other viewers, kchmviewer in most cases is able to correctly detect the chm file encoding and show it. It correctly shows the index and table of context in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Korean, Chinese and Arabic help files, and with new search engine is able to search in any chm file no matter what language it is written.

kchmviewer is written by George Yunaev, and is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3. It uses chmlib to handle the CHM files, and some ideas from xchm.

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