An open source PDF reader and converter

PDFlite is a free and open source PDF viewer and PDF printer. You can convert any document or image to a PDF file – doc to PDF and jpg to PDF
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Features – what can PDFlite do?

  • PDF Reader

    View PDF documents quickly and easily with all common features such as search, print and zoom. The perfect lite PDF reader.

  • PDF Converter

    Convert files to PDF like Word to PDF, JPG to PDF, Images to PDF & more. Any program that can print, can convert to PDF.

  • Minimalistic Design

    Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features. Concentrate on reading the document, not the PDF viewer software.

  • Always Free

    PDFlite is completely free open source software. You may use it as long as you wish, with no registration required.

  • Open Source

    Expanded from the SumatraPDF project, PDFlite is open source and will benefit from community driven development.

  • Multilingual

    Can be used in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, and many more languages.

  • Testimonials

    PDFlite is free, open source and very light. View a PDF file and it loads quick and runs well. What more would you want? Oh and it’s free and can be used as a PDF converter!

    Samuel Phillip Thomson, New York — USA

    PDFlite is the best program to convert from Word to PDF. Just type your document in Microsoft Word and then select PDFlite as the printer. Doc to pdf! Simple!

    Lauren Davies, Manchester — UK

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    Development

    Current Version: 0.9
    - Add support for FictionBook ebook format and for PDF documents encrypted with Acrobat X.
    - Proper display of Manga comic books.
    12th Mar 2013
    Source Code — Current Release, based on the Sumatra PDF project.
    GPLv3 – Open Source