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Show HN: Open-source PDF layout analysis running entirely in the browser

embedpdf.com
3 points·by bobsingor·il y a 5 mois·0 comments

Show HN: I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer

github.com
357 points·by bobsingor·il y a 11 mois·95 comments

Show HN: Open Source PDF Viewer Using Chrome’s PDF Engine (MIT, WebAssembly)

embedpdf.com
27 points·by bobsingor·l’année dernière·26 comments

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bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
That’s great to hear, contributions are very welcome! If you’re interested in working on outline editing, feel free to open a discussion or draft PR and we can figure out the best way to integrate it.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks for sharing! It looks like the pdfreaders campaign has actually ended and the site is no longer updated, so I’m not sure it’s still being maintained as a resource.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
It doesn’t support editing outlines yet, but it’s definitely possible and something I plan to look into. I don’t think it should be too hard to add.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! The redaction issue in Firefox should now be fixed.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! Glad to hear it’s working well on Firefox for Android.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks for letting me know, that was related to a Firefox-specific issue I’ve just fixed. Annotations and redaction should now work in Linux + Firefox as well as Chromium.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Yep, that’s exactly the issue! I’ve fixed it so it no longer throws the TouchEvent error in Firefox. Thanks for flagging it.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks for pointing that out! I’ve fixed the Firefox issue. And we actually already have Undo/Redo on the annotation toolbar.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Very easy, this already works! In the AnnotationLayer you can add your own `selectionMenu` and render any custom component there. If you want to dive deeper, join our Discord and shoot me a message. https://discord.gg/mHHABmmuVU
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Yes, those commercial PDF SDKs charge crazy prices! Time to change that.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Haha fair, but PDFium's under Apache 2.0, so at least the “cartel” in this case is about as open-license as it gets.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Yes, all of the above. The client-side PDF viewer will remain free and MIT-licensed, but I’ll be focusing on offering PDF hosting with enterprise features like analytics, access controls etc, those will be part of the paid offering.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
This is really valuable feedback, thank you! I agree, having a simple, ready-to-use `<EmbedPDF>` component that includes all the plugins by default would make it much easier to get started. I’ll definitely add that alongside the more advanced example.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! Glad to hear it’s running smoothly on mobile, the rendering on iOS in particular feels really fast.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
That means a lot to me, thank you!
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! For now we’re only building a web app, but depending on demand we’d love to build native apps for Android, iOS, and desktop OSs as well.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! Signing is a high priority for us, and PKCS#11 and PKCS#12 support are definitely on our radar.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
The main goal was to make a PDF viewer that is easy for developers to integrate into their websites with minimal setup, while PDF.js can be harder to customize and extend for certain use cases
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Not on the roadmap yet, but I’d definitely be open to adding it if more people are interested.
bobsingor
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
Thanks! I’ve been working on it for about 7 months now.