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XpdfReader
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Xpdf
Free
GPL v2 or GPL v3; commercial source license available
Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Command-line tools
- The tools include pdftotext, pdftops, pdftohtml, pdfinfo, pdffonts, pdfdetach, pdftoppm, pdftopng, and pdfimages.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Commercial licensing
- The project says developers incorporating Xpdf source into a distributed program can use the GPL or purchase a commercial source license.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Xpdf utilities can read an optional configuration file described in the xpdfrc(5) man page.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Distribution requirement
- Redistributed unmodified binary copies must include the README, man pages or help files, COPYING, and COPYING3 documentation.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The repository lists FreeType, libpng, and zlib as libraries used by Xpdf.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Xpdf is licensed under GPL version 2 or 3, and the project states that it is not licensed under later GPL versions.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- OCR support
- nonexpdfreader.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Offline access
- Yesxpdfreader.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Platform support
- desktopxpdfreader.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Xpdf is an open source PDF viewer and toolkit that includes a PDF text extractor, a PDF-to-PostScript converter, and other utilities.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project says users who cannot compile Xpdf on their system can email for help.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The viewer and command-line utilities run on Linux, Windows, and OS X; the command-line tools are also described as portable to systems with a decent C++ compiler.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Viewer toolkit
- The Xpdf viewer uses the Qt cross-platform GUI toolkit.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
