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

embedpdf.com
3 points·by bobsingor·5 mesi fa·0 comments

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

github.com
357 points·by bobsingor·11 mesi fa·95 comments

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

embedpdf.com
27 points·by bobsingor·anno scorso·26 comments

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bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·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 It looks like the pdfreaders campaign has actually ended and the site is no longer updated, so I’m not sure it’s still being maintained as a resource.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
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks! The redaction issue in Firefox should now be fixed.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks! Glad to hear it’s working well on Firefox for Android.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks for pointing that out! I’ve fixed the Firefox issue. And we actually already have Undo/Redo on the annotation toolbar.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Yes, those commercial PDF SDKs charge crazy prices! Time to change that.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks! Glad to hear it’s running smoothly on mobile, the rendering on iOS in particular feels really fast.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·discuss
That means a lot to me, thank you!
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks! Signing is a high priority for us, and PKCS#11 and PKCS#12 support are definitely on our radar.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·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
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Not on the roadmap yet, but I’d definitely be open to adding it if more people are interested.
bobsingor
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks! I’ve been working on it for about 7 months now.