MuPDF is a lightweight document viewer and rendering engine developed by Artifex Software. It supports PDF, XPS, EPUB, CBZ and other document formats, combining high-quality rendering with modest resource requirements.
The software uses a sophisticated graphics engine that accurately reproduces text, vector artwork and images. Its compact architecture makes it useful both as a standalone document viewer and as a rendering component within other applications.
MuPDF also provides tools for extracting text, converting documents, inspecting PDF files and rendering pages to images.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports PDF, XPS, OpenXPS, EPUB, CBZ and other document formats.
- High-quality rendering of text, vector graphics and images.
- Accurate font metrics, spacing and anti-aliasing.
- Supports hyperlinks, document outlines and annotations.
- Searches PDF documents and extracts text.
- Opens encrypted and password-protected documents.
- Includes an OpenGL-based desktop viewer.
- Provides command-line tools for rendering, converting and inspecting documents.
- Extracts embedded images and other document resources.
- Offers programming interfaces for integrating document processing into applications.
- Supports multithreaded rendering and efficient memory management.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux and Windows.
Website: mupdf.com
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Developer: Artifex Software, Inc.
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
MuPDF is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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