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Open-source alternatives to Foxit PDF Reader

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  1. PDFsam Basic

    Sober Lemur S.r.l.s. (PDFsam)

    87

    Merge and split PDF files for free

    Open source 85 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  2. SumatraPDF

    Krzysztof Kowalczyk (SumatraPDF)

    87

    A tiny, very fast PDF reader

    Open source 63 Windows
  3. Agentero

    poco-ai

    67

    Agent 友好的文献管理方式。

    Open source 77 Windows
  4. Dangerzone

    Freedom of the Press Foundation

    67

    Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs

    Open source 77 Windows
  5. 67

    Erzeugt ZUGFeRD kompatible PDF aus Excel Daten.

    Open source 77 Windows
  6. 67

    A drawing editor for creating figures in PDF format

    Open source 77 Windows
  7. KillerPDF

    Steve the Killer

    67

    PDF editor for Windows. No account, no subscription, no telemetry.

    Open source 77 Windows
  8. 67

    Kindle Comic Converter is a Python app to convert comic/manga files or folders to EPUB, Panel View MOBI or E-Ink optimized CBZ.

    Open source 77 Windows
  9. Koodo Reader

    App by Troye

    67

    All-in-one ebook reader

    Open source 77 Windows
  10. NAPS2

    NAPS2 Software

    67

    Scan documents to PDF and other file types, as simply as possible.

    Open source 77 WindowsmacOS
  11. papio

    OrgMentem

    67

    Acquire and validate scholarly PDFs for your reference library

    Open source 77 Windows
  12. PDFApps

    Nelson Duarte

    67

    Fast, offline, subscription-free PDF editor

    Open source 77 Windows
  13. pdfcpu

    pdfcpu

    67

    A PDF processor written in Go.

    Open source 77 Windows
  14. PDFGeek

    TechyGeeksHome

    67

    Merge, split, extract, rotate, watermark and password-protect PDFs on your own machine.

    Open source 77 Windows
  15. PrintBridge

    Vergil

    67

    A local print bridge for web applications.

    Open source 77 Windows
  16. QPDF

    QPDF

    67

    QPDF is a command-line tool and C++ library that performs content-preserving transformations on PDF files.

    Open source 77 Windows
  17. RAG Assistant for Zotero

    Alexander Hepburn

    67

    RAG tooling, reimagined with researchers in mind: literature discovery and review via semantic search of your Zotero PDF collection

    Open source 77 Windows
  18. ReadAny

    readany

    67

    一款 AI 驱动的电子书阅读器,支持智能聊天、语义搜索、标注和知识管理。

    Open source 77 Windows
  19. Readest

    bilingify

    67

    An open-source ebook reader designed for immersive and deep reading experiences.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  20. Resume Builder

    Gentian Shkembi

    67

    Offline resume builder with 25 templates, live PDF preview and ATS keyword analysis.

    Open source 77 Windows
  21. shelfctl

    Blackwell Systems

    67

    Personal library manager for PDFs using GitHub Release assets

    Open source 77 Windows
  22. Zorite

    packetThrower

    67

    A local-first outliner and daily-journal note app (Logseq-style).

    Open source 77 Windows
  23. clawPDF

    Andrew Hess // clawSoft

    67

    clawPDF is an Open Source virtual PDF printer for Windows that can convert any printable file to PDF, PDF/A, PDF/X, PNG, JPEG, TIF or Text.

    Open source 75 Windows
  24. DHLabel

    NASS e.K.

    67

    Wandelt DHL-Label in A6 Format um

    Open source 75 Windows
  25. mutool

    Artifex Software

    67

    An all purpose tool for dealing with PDF files.

    Open source 75 Windows
  26. LocalPDF Studio

    Aiden Park

    67

    Local-first desktop PDF studio

    Open source 70 Windows
  27. miPDFconvert

    Wolfgang Mitterbucher

    67

    Virtual PDF printer for Windows - print to PDF and hand it to a configurable target application.

    Open source 70 Windows
  28. miPDFsign Community

    Wolfgang Mitterbucher

    67

    Free AGPL edition of miPDFsign — a tablet signature app that embeds handwritten signatures with biometric data as PAdES into PDFs.

    Open source 70 Windows
  29. PaperQuay

    paperquay

    67

    A desktop-first literature manager for PDF reading, translation, paper overviews, and AI agent workflows.

    Open source 70 Windows
  30. Bookworm

    BlindPandasTeam

    67

    The universally accessible document reader

    Open source 68 Windows

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