MuPDF VS Skim

MuPDF Reviews

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MuPDF mentions (20)

• ⟳ 4 apps added, 121 updated at f-droid.org

  MuPDF mini (version 1.23.3a): Minimalist viewer for PDF, XPS, CBZ, unprotected EPUB, and FB2 documents. Source: 7 months ago

• Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader

  Mupdf is the mupdf of epub; it supports epub and other formats beyond pdf¹. When I've had really large files I've used mupdf to read them a few times, as it seems to be far better at handling them than other tools. ¹ https://mupdf.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Pdf reader for less memory consumption

  Doesn't exactly fit your requirements, but might as well mention it here: muPDF - the most lightweight PDF viewer that I've ever seen. You don't even have to install it. Mobile version exists by the way. Source: about 1 year ago

• ⟳ 1 apps added, 74 updated at f-droid.org

  MuPDF viewer (version 1.21.0a): Lightweight document viewer. Source: about 1 year ago

• Zathura can't manage big files

  I don't see anything about that on ArchWiki or MuPDF's website. Could you provide details on how it is obsolete and what critical vulnerabilities it has? Source: over 1 year ago

Skim mentions (29)

• iCloud Drive silently deletes your content

  I've had my fair share of highlighting/annotating shenanigans with macOS built-in software and I've found Skim (free, BSD licensed) to be a very competent replacement, with the only caveat that you have to remember to export the annotated PDFs if you want to be able to see your changes from any other application. https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Electronic text book reader

  I actually am going to say a Macbook air. The reason is because the pdf reader Skim is Mac OSX only. I've tried many, and I haven't found another PDF reader I like. The only thing you lose is the ability to write directly on the screen. If that's something you really want to do, then you should get an iPad and load your pdfs in GoodNotes. The added benefit of that is that you can add blank pages right in the PDF... Source: 11 months ago

• Question about transcript proofreading

  Well. I have a 55 pages with three remaining parts of a transcript I should probably be working on ... But I haven't proofed in a while, so I had to remember how to use the (Mac only) program I use to mark up PDFs worked, only to find there was a new version waiting to be downloaded and installed ... and, of course, re-learned. Source: 11 months ago

• Create link from bibliographic reference/quote in an Obsidian document to the page of the book/article PDF in my Zotero library?

  If you’re on Mac you can use the free app Skim, which has ‘deep links’ that take you to a specific PDF page. If you want a link to take you to a specific sentence, then you can use Hookmark and Skim to get links that take you to a specific part of a PDF page. Source: about 1 year ago

• Adobe now requires you to purchase a subscription to rotate PDF pages

  Preview is great. I can also recommend Skim (free and open source) for macOS for some additional functionality [1]. [1]: https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago