Free SumatraPDF Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to SumatraPDF for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Foxit PDF Reader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Foxit PDF Reader or Okular. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to SumatraPDF and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to SumatraPDF are MuPDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Koodo Reader and PDF24 Creator.

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SumatraPDF alternatives are mainly PDF Readers, but if you're looking for PDF Editors or Ebook Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Android, Android Tablet, Windows + Open Source, Windows and Windows + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to SumatraPDF.
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  1. Foxit PDF Reader icon
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    Foxit Reader offers a lightweight PDF viewing experience across multiple platforms with features such as annotation, form filling, signing, cloud storage integration, collaborative review options, heightened security via Trust Manager, and organizational tools like Group Policy and XML Configuration.

    132 Foxit PDF Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Bundleware

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • ReactOS
     
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  2. Okular icon
     490 likes

    Multi-platform document viewer offering extensive format support, including PDF, comics, images, EPUB, and Markdown, with annotation tools, sidebar previews, text-to-speech, DRM management, cross-platform compatibility, and integration with KDE Frameworks libraries.

    122 Okular alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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  3. KDAN PDF icon
     185 likes

    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    268 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  4. MuPDF icon
     164 likes

    MuPDF offers a highly versatile PDF, XPS, and eBook interpreter, customizable as a renderer, viewer, or toolkit. Features include digital signatures, redactions, form filling, annotations, and page manipulation, ideal for mobile, eBooks, and embedded apps supporting Java, C++, and Python.

    96 MuPDF alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
     
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  5. Seamlessly view, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs with freehand drawing and sticky notes. Utilize cloud storage for effortless access and upgrade for advanced editing and conversion to formats like Word and Excel.

    122 Adobe Acrobat Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. PDF24 Creator icon
     148 likes

    PDF24 Creator is free and feature-filled PDF creation, merging and conversion tool for Windows. Its unique feature among the free PDF printer tools is an editor, which allows to easily assemble, create and modify PDF files with Drag & Drop.

    180 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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 standard Adobe Acrobat Reader.

    59 PDF-XChange Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  8. Sioyek icon
     24 likes

    Sioyek is a PDF viewer with minimal interface optimized for reading research papers and technical books.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. A simple PDF Reader built using Electron and PDF.js.

    52 Lector - PDF Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  10. Cool Reader  icon
     66 likes

    Cool Reader is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Understands a number of text document formats, suppurt OPDS (in new ui-opengl version). Fully customizable palette, text reformatting with any font size, font...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Haiku
     
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