Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in Alternatives

Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in is described as 'In version 8, Google Chrome introduced a free PDF viewer, installed by default. While this plug-in lacks many features of the Adobe Acrobat Plug-in, it is much faster and lighter, and updates with the browser rather than an external utility' and is a popular PDF Reader in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Web-based apps. The best Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Evince and MuPDF.

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  1. PDFTool icon
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    Edit your PDF files quickly and intuitively. Open, edit, save or convert PDF files with PDFTool – it’s up to you.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Xreader icon
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    Xreader is a document viewer capable of displaying multiple and single page document formats like PDF and Postscript.

    52 Xreader alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Genei icon
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    AI powered productivity tool for reading, understanding and taking notes on PDFs and long websites. Users can search, summarise, extract and define keywords, ask google-search type questions and be taken straight to the answers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. PDF Max is a desktop class PDF app for reading, annotating or signing PDF documents on your iPhone/iPad. Mark up documents with highlights and handwriting, insert texts and stamps, fill out, sign PDFs and even manipulate PDF pages.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. NightPDF icon
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    Dark Mode PDF reader.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. modern computer flatboat is a mobile pdf viewer written in Qt and using MuPDF's libfitz.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  7. Haihaisoft Reader is a free PDF document Reader and Printer, extremely fast launch speed. It is also for reading PDF document protected by DRM-X platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  8. A.nnotate icon
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    Online site for viewing, annotating and collaborating on PDF and Office documents. Upload a document, send a link to invite feedback. Runs entirely in browser - does not require any plugins. Free version allows uploading a few documents a month - pay-as-you-go options if you...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. A simple PDF document viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  10. SlimPDF Reader is a high quality PDF viewer that is only 1.5MB in size. Features and benefits:

    • Eliminate bloatware and help your computer run faster;
    • View any PDF File just like Adobe Reader;
    • 100% Free;
    • The smallest desktop PDF Reader in the World.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. PdfDing icon
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    PdfDing is a browser based PDF manager, viewer and editor that you can host yourself. It offers a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
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