Fluent Reader
Focus: rss reader and news feeds. Shares reading and open source with Zathura. Adds Windows and macOS. Rated 4.5 (Zathura: 4.4).
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
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Desktop App
Zathura
A minimal, keyboard-driven document viewer.
Rating
4.4 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Intermediate
Works on
Linux
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What is Zathura?
Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer based on the girara user interface library and several document libraries. Its README describes a GTK4 build with optional SyncTeX support and a sandboxed mode that acts as a read-only viewer.
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Pros: what Zathura does well
- Read documents without clutter
- Customizable keys and appearance
- SyncTeX support for LaTeX writers
Cons: where it falls short
- Needs plugins for each document format
- Setup is aimed at technical users
Who Zathura is for
Readers who like a lightweight viewer controlled from the keyboard.
Who can skip it
People who want annotation tools out of the box.
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Focus: ebook reader, epub and annotations. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds Offline. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: offline wikipedia, reference and offline reading. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds Windows and Offline. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: csv, json and data wrangling. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds macOS. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Free alternatives to Zathura
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Focus: postgres, sql and terminal. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds macOS. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: calculator, unit conversion and maths. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds Windows and Offline. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: pdf reader, research papers and keyboard. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds Windows and macOS. Rated 4.6 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: sql editor, database and terminal. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds macOS and Windows. Rated 4.5 (Zathura: 4.4).
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Focus: sqlite, sql and terminal. Shares open source and github with Zathura. Adds macOS and Windows. Rated 4.5 (Zathura: 4.4).
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