Open Source SumatraPDF Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to SumatraPDF for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is Okular. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to SumatraPDF and 19 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to SumatraPDF are MuPDF, Koodo Reader, Sioyek and Cool Reader .

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  1. Okular icon

    Okular

     486 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.

    117 Okular alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    Okular vs SumatraPDF Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Because both programs are design to see documents.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    veruzian
    Positive
    0

    If you want a basic PDF viewer, this will probably fit the bill. It's simple and ligthweight. I used to use Foxit Reader, and found Okular to be a good FOSS replacement.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Okular is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
  2. MuPDF icon

    MuPDF

     160 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.

    94 MuPDF alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    MuPDF vs SumatraPDF Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    This is the core application within SumatraPDF so should be faster but with limited menus

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    While the MuPDF library is very lightweight, this reader is more a proof of concept than a lightweight GUI. The MuPDF download is about 70 Mb, Sumatra is less than 10.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MuPDF is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
  5. Sioyek icon

    Sioyek

     23 likes

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

    39 Sioyek alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main view
     
  6. Cool Reader icon

    Cool Reader

     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...

    99 Cool Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Haiku
    Desktop version
     
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    Cool Reader vs SumatraPDF Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Last time I tested it could not read any PDFs as SumatraPDF does so is not a viable alternative

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    its good for a lot of formats to read

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Cool Reader is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
  7. Lector - PDF Reader icon

    Lector - PDF Reader

     15 likes

    A simple PDF Reader built using Electron and PDF.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Lector - PDF Reader vs SumatraPDF Comments
    SWMANNN
    Positive
    3

    literally a firefox PDF reader standalone. Slow, limited features, sluggish, memory hoarder.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    270 files for a "one format pony", that's in NO WAY the alternative of SumatraPDF handling dozens of formats using just one portable.exe

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    While Sumatra shines with speed , Lector is slow and de-loads pages when it goes out of focus

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
    • Lector - PDF Reader is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
    • Lector - PDF Reader is MinimalisticSumatraPDF is not according to our users
  9. WinDjView icon

    WinDjView

     62 likes

    WinDjView is a fast, compact and powerful DjVu viewer for Windows with tabbed interface, continuous scrolling and advanced printing options. It uses the free DjVuLibre library to decode DjVu documents. DjVu is a web-centric format and software platform for distributing documents...

    37 WinDjView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  10. Mcomix icon

    Mcomix

     36 likes

    MComix is an user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer. It reads images in ZIP, RAR, 7Zip or tar archives as well as plain image files.

    48 Mcomix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  11. Xpdf icon

    Xpdf

     12 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Xpdf vs SumatraPDF Comments
    zlelmefs
    Negative
    0

    Extremely barebones, missing and incomplete features like page-at-a-time scrolling, bookmarks and context menus. It's like a beta version. It functions... but unless you're on a raspberry pi or something and need the light weight, just opening files in your browser is more functional.

    • Xpdf is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
    • Xpdf is MinimalisticSumatraPDF is not according to our users
  13. PDF4QT icon

    PDF4QT

     8 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer and editor using Qt framework, featuring hardware-accelerated rendering, encryption, multithreading, text-to-speech, annotation tools, form filling, high-res monitor support, document compression, audio book conversion, and signature validation.

    103 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  14. NightPDF icon

    NightPDF

     4 likes

    Dark Mode PDF reader.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    read dark pdf in NightPDF
     
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