dodo is a fast and configurable PDF reader.
It’s billed as a fast, keyboard-friendly PDF reader built for smooth reading, quick navigation, and deep customization.
It uses MuPDF as the PDF library and Qt 6 as its Graphical User Interface library.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Layouts.
- Search.
- Jump marker and history navigation.
- SyncTeX – support for LaTeX documents to jump between source and PDF.
- Annotation support – highlight, rectangle and popup annotations supported.
- Link hints – navigate links quickly with keyboard using link hints.
- Searchable text highlight.
- Configured using TOML – highly customizable through a simple TOML configuration file.
- Session management (save and restore open documents and their states).
- Keyboard-centric navigation with customizable keybindings.
- Auto URL Non-PDF link detection.
Website: github.com/dheerajshenoy/lektra
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Developer: Dheeraj Vittal Shenoy
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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