Skim

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

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Mac OS X

Skim is a PDF reader and notetaker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

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Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight multi-platform PDF document viewer. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.

Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows RT Windows Phone

Portable Support for Javascript PDF annotation Multiple languages Tabbed interface It can open document side by side Edit PDF Fill PDF Forms Scan to PDF Sign PDF files Tablet support
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Sumatra PDF

What is Sumatra PDF? Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF/DjVu/EPUB/XPS/CHM/CBR/CBZ/MOBI viewer for Windows. Why another PDF reader? Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Tabbed interface Export to office formats Lightweight Low memory usage Signing PDF Documents
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Evince

Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats. It currently supports pdf, postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, cbr, cbz, etc.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable PDF annotation Multiple languages Lightweight Handwriting recognition
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PDF-XChange Viewer

PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files.

Freemium Windows

Portable PDF annotation Multiple languages Lightweight Commenting Feature Extract annotation Font identifier Note extraction PDF OCR Side by Side View
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MuPDF

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer. The renderer in MuPDF is tailored for high quality anti-aliased graphics.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone iPad Xfce

Portable Lightweight
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Universal Viewer

Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are: Images: all major graphics formats: JPG BMP ICO GIF PNG WMF TIFF PSD..., over 40 formats.

Freemium Windows

Portable Support for Large File
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qAllInOne

qAllInOne (aka qAIO) is a free open-source software built using Qt to provide users an All-In-One media player, so it can view images, play videos and audio.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Portable Support for HD videos

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