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Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader is a PDF reader, available on Linux: annotation and highlighting. Old edition (2013).

Completely free
Linux
No account
Old edition (2013)

Old edition: the latest known version (9.5.5) dates from 14 May 2013. It is no longer recommended as current software; the package date does not mean the software is still maintained.

Official website

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Geographic availability: No geographic restriction found in our sources; availability is not checked country by country.

Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Automatic reading of the official pages
License: Proprietary, freeconfirmed by Flathub
Open source: No
Commercial use: not documented
Account required: Noconfirmed by Automatic reading of the official pages
Excerpt from adobe.com, read on 9 November 2026
and return your form with no printer required. share and review. send pdfs to anyone with the share feature. no login is needed to view or comment, so reviewers can respond right away. collaborate and comment. get feedback fast with comments, sticky notes, highlights, strikethroughs, and freehand Open the page
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Adobe Inc.
Latest version: 9.5.5 (14 May 2013)
Package republished on: 31 October 2026

Overview

Adobe Reader is a PDF reader, available on Linux.

Old edition: the latest known version (9.5.5) dates from 2013; it is no longer presented as current software.

Features described in its Flathub listing: annotation and highlighting.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“PDF viewer” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“Adobe Reader software is the official Adobe software for viewing, printing, and annotating PDF documents.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Adobe Reader is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Strengths

No account needed

Weaknesses

Closed source

About

NOTE: This software is unmaintained by the vendor and may contain security vulnerabilities. Adobe Reader software is the official Adobe software for viewing, printing, and annotating PDF documents.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (account, free status) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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