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Zathura

Zathura is a PDF reader, available on Linux.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: Zlib — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: pwmt
Latest version: 2026.10.23 (23 October 2026)
Latest activity: 7 November 2026
Source code: github.com/pwmt/zathura

At a glance

Zathura is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (Zlib) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction. Zathura makes it possible to completely view and navigate through documents without using a mouse. Zathura can be extended to support multiple document formats using plugins. Other features include: SyncTeX forward and backward synchronization support. Quickmarks and bookmarks. Automatic document reloading.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 11 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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