Overview
What is Xpdf?
A PDF viewer for X
In depth
A closer look at Xpdf
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are also sometimes also called `Acrobat` files, from the name of Adobe`s PDF software.) Xpdf runs under the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. Xpdf is designed to be small and efficient. It does not use the Motif or Xt libraries. It uses standard X fonts. Xpdf is quite usable on a 486-66 PC running Linux.
Verdict
Should you download Xpdf?
Xpdf runs on
Linux
and is available under the
Not Specified
license
— the installer is 0 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
X11.
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At a glance
Xpdf specifications
- Publisher
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ftp.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
- Last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- License
- Not Specified
- Operating system
- Linux
- File size
- 0 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 469
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