Papers Alternatives

Papers is described as 'A document viewer for the GNOME desktop. You can view, search or annotate documents in many different formats' and is a PDF Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Papers for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Web-based apps. The best Papers alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Papers are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Evince and MuPDF.

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  1. Bookworm icon
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    Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.

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    • Linux
     
  2. PDFTool icon
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    Edit your PDF files quickly and intuitively. Open, edit, save or convert PDF files with PDFTool – it’s up to you.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Kami icon
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    Cloud-based PDF viewer and annotation tool for your browser. Perfect for Chromebook 1:1 schools. View, export, print and share your PDF files straight from your browser. Kami works on all browsers and works best with Google Chrome.

    87 Kami alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. PDF X icon
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    PDF X is a productive PDF reader & editor for Windows. It's powerful for users to view, print, edit, and annotate Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Xreader icon
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    Xreader is a document viewer capable of displaying multiple and single page document formats like PDF and Postscript.

    52 Xreader alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  6. Arianna icon
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    An ebook reader and library management app supporting ".epub" files. Arianna discovers your books automatically, and sorts them by categories, genres and authors.

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • KDE
    • Flathub
     
  7. Blazing fast PDF and portable eReader built on muPDF. Including the ability to save "highlights" and notes like on Kindle.

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    • Windows
     
  8. Jumpdf icon
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    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)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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