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6 Options Considered

6 Options ConsideredPriceLast Updated
Okular
Apr 19, 2018
Zathura
Apr 10, 2018
Evince
Feb 2, 2018
PDF Studio Viewer
Mar 23, 2018
Foxit Reader
Oct 4, 2017
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Okular

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Tireless Sloth
Top Pro

Trim margins

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Easily trim margins either automatically or manually for easier reading
Tireless Sloth
Top Pro

Free and open source

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Tireless Sloth
Top Pro

Supports touch interaction

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Tireless Sloth
Top Pro

Table selection

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Tireless Sloth
Top Con

Poor HiDPI support

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You may have to tinker with QT__SCALE_FACTOR environment variables to get the desired size and not blurry content (this is a bug; see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362856 and https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54688)
Tireless Sloth
Top Con

Requires many KDE libraries

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malevolent
Top Con

No "fit to page" option under printing settings

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You can only print the content as given so, when you receive a bigger or smaller image thant the default of the printer, you will have to edit it first on other editor.
malevolent
Top Con

No XFA Adobe Forms support

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Cannot fill PDF Forms created with Adobe.
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Zathura

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Iacchus Mercurius
Top Pro

Clean interface

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Inferface is clean and shows only a small statusbar.
Iacchus Mercurius
Top Pro

Lightweight

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Zathura is fast and can open a pdf file almost instantly.
Francisco
Iacchus Mercurius
Top Pro

Vim bindings

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You can browse files via keyboard, using keyboard commands similar to vim (text editor).
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Evince

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Bryan
timlyo
Top Pro

Free and open source software

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timlyo
Top Pro

Can find a word in a pdf

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timlyo
Top Pro

Can annotate a pdf

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timlyo
Top Pro

Supports touchpad gestures

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Tireless Sloth
Top Pro

Supports touch interaction

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Supports touch, including drag and pinch to zoom.
Mubdiur Rahman Rafi
Top Con

Scrolling is not smooth.

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timlyo
Top Con

Keyboard shortcuts cannot be rebound

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PDF Studio Viewer

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Inguna Gudareva
Bradley Ridnour
Top Pro

Digital signatures

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PDF Studio Viewer is the only free PDF viewer for Linux that recognized digital signatures from docusign in a way that lets you easily verify the signatures.
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Foxit Reader

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Ricardo Rodrigues
Top Pro

Good for creating annotations

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Bryan
Top Pro

Can install a PDF printer

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Tireless Sloth
Top Con

Proprietary software

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Bryan
Top Con

Bundles toolbar software in the installer

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qpdfview

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Alexey Strokach
Top Pro

Low on resources

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Alexey Strokach
Top Pro

Add highlights and text annotations

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Alexey Strokach
Top Pro

Open multiple pdfs in tabs

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