Papers

What Papers is

Papers is a free document viewer for the GNOME desktop on Linux. It can open, search, and annotate PDFs, DjVu files, TIFF images, and comic book archives in CBR, CBT, CBZ, and CB7 formats. It also supports form filling. The app page describes its interface as mobile-friendly and shows an annotation list and sidebar thumbnails for navigating documents and notes. Version 51.0 added visual signatures, and in that version free-text annotations print by default. The GNOME app page directs users to install the latest release from Flathub, where The GNOME Project is listed as publisher. Its listed Free plan costs nothing, with a 14 MiB download for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures. The app-specific content on the GNOME page is licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. Users can send feedback or report problems through the issue tracker; the page also links to contribution, translation, and donation options for the GNOME Foundation.

Who it suits

Papers suits Linux users who want to view, search, annotate, or fill forms in supported documents. It is specifically presented as a viewer for the GNOME desktop.

Getting started

1. Open the Papers page at https://apps.gnome.org/Papers/.
2. Install the latest version from Flathub, as directed by the GNOME app page.
3. Use Papers to view, search, annotate, or fill documents.

Verdict

Papers covers common document viewing tasks along with annotations, form filling, and visual signatures. Linux users can install the latest version through Flathub at no cost.