Okular - The Universal Document ViewerOkular<br>The Universal Document Viewer<br>Multi-platform, fast and packed with features, Okular allows you to read PDF documents, comics and EPub books, browse images, visualize Markdown documents, and much more.<br>Illustration from David Revoy CC-BY-SA-4.0Download
Latest News<br>Thursday, 16 April 2026<br>Okular 26.04 released<br>The 26.04 version of Okular has been released. This release includes several minor fixes and feature enhancements. You can check the full changelog at https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/26.04.0/#okular.
Thursday, 11 December 2025<br>Okular 25.12 released<br>The 25.12 version of Okular has been released. This release includes several minor fixes and feature enhancements. You can check the full changelog at https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/25.12.0/#okular.
Thursday, 14 August 2025<br>Okular 25.08 released<br>The 25.08 version of Okular has been released. This release includes several minor fixes and feature enhancements. You can check the full changelog at https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/25.08.0/#okular.
Thursday, 12 December 2024<br>Okular 24.12 released<br>The 24.12 version of Okular has been released. This release includes several improvements in PDF form handling and Signature Creation as well as various other minor fixes and feature enhancements. You can check the full changelog at https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/24.12.0/#okular.
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Support for Many Formats<br>Okular supports many formats, including PDF, EPub, DjVU and MD for documents; JPEG, PNG, GIF, Tiff, WebP for images; CBR and CBZ for comics; and many, many more.<br>See Format Compatibility table
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Advanced User Interface<br>Okular has a wide range of features that lets you easily manage your documents.
Annotate your PDFs<br>With Okular's 'Annotation mode', you can easily add inline and popup notes, highlight and underline text, or even add your own text.
Select and View any Text<br>With Okular's 'Selection mode', you can copy and paste almost anything from your documents to elsewhere. And, for those times the text you want to read is too small, you can use the 'Magnifier mode'.
Your Content, at a Glance<br>Navigating your content is easier than ever. With Okular's 'Thumbnails panel', you can browse graphically the part of the document you were looking for. With the 'Content panel', find the chapter you need in all supported documents.
First-class Signature Support<br>You can view and verify digital signatures embedded in PDFs, check if they are still valid, and detect any modifications since the moment the document was signed. You can even sign PDFs yourself!
Free Software<br>Okular is released under the GPLv2+, and is thus fully Free Software. Find the source code including guidance how to contribute in the Okular repository on KDE's GitLab. Okular also fully respects your privacy, see all details in the KDE Software Privacy Policy.
Resource and Energy-Efficient Software<br>Okular is the very first software product to receive the Blue Angel ecolabel for being resource and energy efficient. Click on the label to find out more.