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Okular vs Evince: catalog facts
Okular	Evince
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL v2.0 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
One viewer for a very wide range of document and comic formats Annotations are stored separately, so the original file is untouched	Opens several document formats in one viewer Simple interface that fits the GNOME desktop
Pulls in KDE libraries on non-KDE desktops It is a viewer and annotator, not a PDF editor	Linux only A viewer rather than a PDF editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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