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Evince vs Xreader

Evince

apps.gnome.org

Xreader

github.com

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FigureEvinceXreader
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
LinuxYesYes
Plans published10
Spec score · PDF Readers8.6 (#4)5.3 (#24)
Free planYesYes
Platform supportdesktopdesktop

Plans

Evince

  • EvinceFree

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Xreader

No plans published.

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In their own words

Evince

Evince is a free document viewer for Linux desktop users. It opens PDF, PostScript, DjVu, DVI, XPS, OXPS, and Comic Book Archive files, and can display supported documents as full-screen presentations. Interactive forms can be completed, including text fields and scrollable list boxes. For PDFs, Evince can add notes and text highlights; these annotations are limited to PDF files. SyncTeX synchronizes a TeX source file with its resulting PDF. Printing is documented for DVI, DjVu, PDF, PostScript, and TIFF. When opening a password-protected PDF, Evince prompts for its password. It is not a file editor. Some Linux distributions may need the relevant backend package to support every listed format. The project wiki recommends obtaining Evince through the user's Linux distribution and points to packages or source for other download options. The help site includes user documentation and directions for reporting application bugs.

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Xreader

Xreader has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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