When comparing Worker vs MuPDF, the Slant community recommends MuPDF for most people. In the question“What are the best applications to use on a X11 window manager?” MuPDF is ranked 6th while Worker is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose MuPDF is:
It was written in C and opengl, so your hardware was used fully.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Innumerable button-click file ops are integrated
Rename files, move to other directories and extracting archives are of course a given...BUT THERE'S MORE! Convert media formats, make symlinks, CHMOD, change graphic formats, integrated GPG, filename UPPER/lowercase adjustments and more with just one button click!
Pro Remote access
Worker supports access to remote machines through various ways (ssh, ftp, rsh, http and webdav).
Pro Low system requirements
The system requirements for Worker are pretty low, making it a great option for lower-end machines. The reason why they are pretty low is because Worker is basically made of just X11 libraries.
Pro Configuration GUI
Worker has a built-in configuration GUI.
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 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
