Jumpdf is a keyboard-focused PDF viewer designed for documents that require frequent movement between different sections. It is particularly useful for textbooks, academic papers and technical manuals containing references to material elsewhere in the document.
Its distinguishing feature is a system of movable marks that act as independent reading positions. Unlike conventional static bookmarks, marks follow the current reading position, allowing users to maintain several locations without repeatedly resetting bookmarks.
Marks can be organised into groups, and groups can be opened in separate windows. This makes it possible to compare related sections or keep definitions, examples and exercises visible while reading. Jumpdf uses GTK 4 and Poppler, with a configurable keyboard interface.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Keyboard-driven PDF navigation.
- Movable marks maintain independent reading positions.
- Groups organise related marks within documents.
- Opens mark groups in separate windows.
- Switches quickly between current and previous marks.
- Supports cloning and swapping marks and groups.
- Full-text searching with previous and next result navigation.
- Keyboard-driven hyperlink selection.
- Searchable document table of contents.
- Configurable scrolling and zoom controls.
- Dark mode and fullscreen viewing.
- Customisable settings through a TOML configuration file.
- Built with GTK 4 and the Poppler rendering library.
Website: github.com/aaeioua/jumpdf
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Developer: b43NnUNF4vidFYFhpqaLWy2ANawtRbMtUXZY9Pf
License: MIT License
jumpdf is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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