Sioyek
Sioyek is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers. It has 9,924 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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- Actively maintained
About Sioyek
Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers. A: If you are building the development branch you need to use Qt 6.7 or 6.8.
Install Sioyek
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
flatpak install flathub com.github.ahrm.sioyekbrew install --cask sioyek.AUR (Arch Linux)
Replaces
Commercial software people commonly use Sioyek instead of.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
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What is Sioyek?
Sioyek is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers. It has 9,924 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Is Sioyek free and open source?
Yes. Sioyek's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Sioyek?
Flathub: flatpak install flathub com.github.ahrm.sioyek, Homebrew: brew install --cask sioyek. and the AUR package sioyek. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v2.0.0).
Can Sioyek replace Adobe Acrobat Reader?
Sioyek is commonly used as a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Features differ, so check that it opens the file formats and covers the workflows you rely on before switching.