Open PDF

Read, search, and make light edits to PDFs on Windows. Free and open source.

What you can do

• Find text and navigate documents with tabs, thumbnails, and bookmarks.
• Organize pages and make light edits to text and metadata.
• Keep plain-text notes inside your PDF so they travel with the document.

Download for Windows

Portable executable · Windows x64 (64-bit). Personally tested on Windows 11; other Windows versions have not been verified.

No installation or Python setup is required. Use a folder you can write to, such as Documents or a USB drive, because the app stores supporting files beside the program.

Getting started

1. Download the executable and verify it using the guidance below.
2. Place it in a folder you can write to, then open open-pdf.exe.
3. Choose File → Open to select a PDF. Use Save As to keep an edited copy.

Verify your download

Open the latest GitHub release and expand the asset details for open-pdf.exe to find its SHA-256 checksum.

In PowerShell, run the following command in the download folder and compare the returned hash with the checksum for that file on GitHub:

Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\open-pdf.exe

The app is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show a publisher warning. Verify the source and checksum before deciding to run it. If you trust the verified download, Windows offers More info → Run anyway.

Source code · Latest release and asset details · Report a problem

Release notes and support

For current changes, known limitations, download sizes, and previous versions, see the latest release notes on GitHub.