SumatraPDF Alternatives

SumatraPDF is described as 'A free, open-source viewer for Windows, supports PDFs, eBooks, Comics, with a simple, fast, and portable design prioritized for ease of use' and is a leading PDF Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to SumatraPDF for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best SumatraPDF 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. Other great apps like SumatraPDF are KDAN PDF, MuPDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Librera Reader.

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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 Android, Linux, Android Tablet, Windows + Open Source, Mac, Windows and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to SumatraPDF.
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  1. WinDjView icon
     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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Document Viewer icon
     50 likes

    Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid .

    158 Document Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
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    Document Viewer vs SumatraPDF Comments
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    Positive
    1

    Because its open source and light weight

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

    It cant run on windows as SumatraPDF does so is not a viable alternative

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Document Viewer is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
    • Document Viewer is CustomizableSumatraPDF is not according to our users
  3. zathura icon
     45 likes

    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.

    72 zathura alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
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    zathura vs SumatraPDF Comments
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    Positive
    1

    Minimal user interface, keyboard-driven and a delight to use. However, it requires some time to get used to.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -3

    It cant run on Windows as SumatraPDF does so is not a viable alternative

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • zathura is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
  4. Skim icon
     93 likes

    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    92 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Skim vs SumatraPDF Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -2

    It cant run on Windows as SumatraPDF does so is not a viable alternative

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  6. CDisplay Ex icon
     106 likes

    CDisplayEx is a light, efficient CBR Reader, and it is also the most popular comic book reader. It is able to read all comic book formats (.cbr file, .cbz, .pdf, etc..) and Manga. Everything is designed to give you the best comic reading experience, it load comic books...

    53 CDisplay Ex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. Tritium icon
     3 likes

    Tritium is a desktop word processor built for transactional lawyers. Draft, review, and compare legal documents faster with real-time clause annotations, minimal redlines, and AI integrations - free for personal use.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  8. Atril icon
     15 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. EPUBReader icon
     40 likes

    EPUBReader is a Firefox and Chrome addon which lets you read ePub-files just in the browser. You don't need to install additional software!

    98 EPUBReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  10. qpdfview icon
     44 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Qt
     
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    qpdfview vs SumatraPDF Comments
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    Negative
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    It cant run on Windows as SumatraPDF does so is not a viable alternative, However since SumatraPDF can run in Wine then SumatraPDF is a good Alternativeto Qpdfview

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • qpdfview is Free and Open SourceSumatraPDF is also Free and Open Source
  11. GoodReader icon
     48 likes

    With GoodReader on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, you can read virtually anything, anywhere. Books, movies, maps, pictures; GoodReader puts it all in a single app, right in your pocket.

    87 GoodReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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