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Papers vs Evince: catalog facts
Papers	Evince
Free Free GNOME app, supported by donations to the GNOME Foundation.	Free Free and open source under the GPL v2.0 or later.
Linux	Linux
Annotation and highlighting of PDFs Opens DjVu, TIFF and comic book archives	Opens several document formats in one viewer Simple interface that fits the GNOME desktop
Linux only No full PDF text editing	Linux only A viewer rather than a PDF editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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