PDF-XChange Viewer Alternatives for Linux

PDF-XChange Viewer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. 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 50 alternatives to PDF-XChange Viewer and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to PDF-XChange Viewer are Evince, MuPDF, Qoppa PDF Studio and Atril.

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PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files. You can add text, sticky notes, and other annotations and save them to the file, which will be compatible with the...

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  1. Okular icon
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    Okular

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    Multi-platform, fast and packed with features, Okular allows you to read PDF documents, comics and EPub books, browse images, visualize Markdown documents, and much more.

    111 Okular alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Text Highlighting
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  KDE
    8.  Low memory usage
    9.  Customizable shortcuts
    10.  Fill PDF Forms
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Export to PDF
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    Comments about Okular as an Alternative to PDF-XChange Viewer
     
    rasterpeanut

    Now okular saves the annotations metadata to the pdf itself as far as i know.. so all is great now about okular :)

    Positive comment •Apr 5, 2021
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    Guest

    It showed the text in the forms; something the other alternatives didn't. Easy to install and use through Antergos.

    Positive comment •Nov 1, 2016
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    • Most users think Okular is a great PDF-XChange Viewer alternative.

    • Okular is the most popular Linux alternative to PDF-XChange Viewer.

    • Okular is Free and Open SourcePDF-XChange Viewer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Okular is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPDF-XChange Viewer is not according to our users
  2. Evince icon
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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.

    116 Evince alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  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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    Guest

    Evince is not an annotator

    Negative comment •Sep 13, 2018
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    • This alternative is disputed. Evince is a legitimate PDF-XChange Viewer alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Evince is Free and Open SourcePDF-XChange Viewer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Evince is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPDF-XChange Viewer is not according to our users
  4. MuPDF icon
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    MuPDF

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    MuPDF is a highly versatile, customizable PDF and XPS interpreter solution that can be used across a wide range of applications as a PDF renderer, viewer, or toolkit.

    90 MuPDF alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Vim key mapping
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  Split PDF files
    6.  Fill PDF Forms
    7.  Combine PDF
    8.  Sign PDF files
    9.  PDF compression
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    • Most users think MuPDF is a great PDF-XChange Viewer alternative.

    • MuPDF is the most popular Android alternative to PDF-XChange Viewer.

    • MuPDF is Free and Open SourcePDF-XChange Viewer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • MuPDF is LightweightPDF-XChange Viewer is not according to our users
  5. Qoppa PDF Studio icon
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    Qoppa PDF Studio

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    Create, Convert, Review and Edit PDF Documents on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    190 Qoppa PDF Studio alternatives
    Annotate

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    Dark Mode
    Add Watermarks
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    Top Qoppa PDF Studio Features

    1.  Edit PDF
    2.  Sign PDF files
    3.  Scan to PDF
    4.  PDF Redaction
    5.  Convert PDF to Word document
    6.  Create PDF files
    7.  Fill PDF Forms
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Text to Speech
    10.  OCR
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Ad-free
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  6. Atril icon
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    Atril

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    Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI, XPS and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard...

    107 Atril alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  PDF annotation
    4.  Text to Speech
    5.  Support for Javascript
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    qpdfview

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    qpdfview is a Qt-based tabbed document viewer using the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.

    76 qpdfview alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Qt

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fill PDF Forms
    2.  Support for Right-to-Left
    3.  Edit PDF
    4.  QT Based
    5.  Tabbed interface
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  9. zathura icon
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    zathura

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    Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.

    71 zathura alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    Command completion

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Vi keybindings
    6.  Keyboard navigation
    7.  Vim key mapping
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  10. Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in icon
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    Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in

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    In version 8, Google Chrome introduced a free PDF viewer, installed by default. While this plug-in lacks many features of the Adobe Acrobat Plug-in, it is much faster and lighter, and updates with the browser rather than an external utility.

    71 Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in alternatives
    Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome

    Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Word document
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  11. ePDFView icon
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    ePDFView

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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.

    62 ePDFView alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Gtk
    Discontinued

    The last update is from August 2020.

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  12. Xpdf icon
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    Xpdf

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    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.

    61 Xpdf alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Xpdf Features

    1.  Convert PDF to HTML
    2.  Convert PDF to image
    3.  Convert PDF to Text
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