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Add to SafariWhen comparing qpdfview vs MuPDF, the Slant community recommends qpdfview for most people. In the question“What are the best PDF viewers for UNIX-like systems?” qpdfview is ranked 5th while MuPDF is ranked 9th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Low on resources
Pro Reloads on changes instantly
Pro Outline, properties and thumbnail panes
Pro Open multiple pdfs in tabs
qpdfview is a tabbed document viewer.
Pro Allows for some scripting
Opens files in named instances, open files on designated page.
Calling of userscripts on a document is thus far not possible.
Pro Fast search in all opened files
Pro Dark mode
However only inverted colors.
Pro Scale, rotate and fit
Pro Supports TOC-sidebar
Pro Switch tabs with keyboard shortcuts
Pro Continuous and multiple-page layouts
Pro Add highlights and text annotations
Pro DjVu support
Pro Fullscreen and presentation views
Pro PostScript support
Pro Custom background colors
Pro Multiplatform
It is available on any major computer OS.
Pro Deactivation of GUI elements
e.g.:
toggleMenuBar
toggleToolBars
Pro Supports thumbnail preview
Pro Input forms are editable
Pro Super fast
It was written in C and opengl, so your hardware was used fully.
Pro Vim-mode shortcut keys
Super easy to use with rapid response.
Pro Excellent for presentations
Pro Annotation capability
With mupdf-gl, you can do most of the annotations and comments.
Cons
Con Deadly slow on complex pdf files
Con File information missing page size
Con No multiple mapping of commands
For example:
moveDown=Down
moveLeft=Shift+Left
moveRight=Shift+Right
moveUp=Up
Having two key mappings to execute the moveUp command doesn't seem to be possible.
Con Configuration intended via GUI
There is no explicit documentation of configuration parameters used in qpdfview.conf and shortcuts.conf (those are the most important ones). However the files are editable conveniently, which is of value.
Con No print option
Con No two page mode
Con Not enough functionality
If you want "minimal," you got it.
Con The annotation does not have good shortcut key support
Con Cannot customize shortcut keys
