Alternatives to DjVuLibre

An open-source DjVu implementation with a viewer and command-line tools for scanned documents. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as DjVuLibre.

  • Xreader

    Linux Mint's document viewer for PDF, PostScript, DjVu, XPS and comic book files.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Xreader is Linux Mint's GTK document viewer that opens DjVu alongside PDF, XPS and comics, but it lacks DjVuLibre's command-line encoders and conversion tools.

  • Atril

    The MATE desktop's multi-page document viewer for PDF, PostScript, DjVu, XPS and comics.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Atril is the MATE desktop's lightweight viewer for DjVu, PDF, PostScript and comic archives, offering text search and bookmarks but no DjVu encoding tools.

  • zathura

    A minimal, keyboard-driven document viewer with plugin support for PDF, PostScript and DjVu.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    zathura is a keyboard-driven Linux viewer that reads DjVu through a plugin, along with PDF and PostScript, configured through text files instead of a settings window.

  • qpdfview

    A tabbed Qt document viewer for PDF, PostScript and DjVu files.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    qpdfview is a tabbed Qt viewer for DjVu, PDF and PostScript on Linux, with SyncTeX support, but it has no command-line DjVu utilities.

  • Papers

    A GNOME document viewer for reading, searching and annotating PDFs, DjVu, TIFF and comics.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Papers is a GNOME viewer that opens DjVu, PDF, TIFF and comics with annotation and an adaptive interface, but offers no DjVu conversion tools.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.