PDF Reader in JavaScript. Contribute to mozilla/pdf.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

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PDF.js

PDF viewer in JavaScript included in Mozilla Firefox

mozilla.github.io

PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas. The project is led by the Mozilla Corporation after Andreas Gal launched it (initially … Wikipedia

Factsheet

Original author Andreas Gal

Developer Mozilla

Initial release 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)

Factsheet

Original author Andreas Gal

Developer Mozilla

Initial release 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)

Mozilla

mozilla.github.io › pdf.js

PDF.js - Home

A general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs.

Mozilla

mozilla.github.io › pdf.js › examples

PDF.js - Examples

This tutorial shows how PDF.js can be used as a library in a web browser.

Discussions

Awesome 9 page cheatsheet for JavaScript. Link to PDF is on github page

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GitHub

github.com › mozilla › pdfjs-dist

GitHub - mozilla/pdfjs-dist: Generic build of PDF.js library.

July 14, 2024 - Generic build of PDF.js library. . Contribute to mozilla/pdfjs-dist development by creating an account on GitHub.

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GitHub

github.com › pdfjs-express

PDF.js Express · GitHub

PDF.js Express has 25 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

GitHub

github.com › alekswebnet › pdfjs-viewer-element

GitHub - alekswebnet/pdfjs-viewer-element: Custom ...

Supported in all major browsers, and works with most JS frameworks. Simple PDF.js viewer integration to any web application

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GitHub

github.com › wojtekmaj › react-pdf

GitHub - wojtekmaj/react-pdf: Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.

If you want to see documentation ... top of GitHub page to switch to an appropriate tag. Here are quick links to the newest docs from each branch: ... React-PDF supports the latest versions of all major modern browsers. Browser compatibility for React-PDF primarily depends on PDF.js ...

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GitHub

github.com › topics › pdfjs

Build software better, together

A shortcode for Hugo(https://gohugo.io/) which allows you to embed a PDF file in a page using Pdf.js (https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/)

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Mozilla

mozilla.github.io › pdf.js › getting_started

PDF.js - Getting Started

Includes the generic build of PDF.js and the viewer. Stable (v5.4.449) To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git: $ git clone https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git $ cd pdf.js

GitHub

github.com › unjs › unpdf

unjs/unpdf: 📄 PDF extraction and rendering ...

This library ships with a serverless build/redistribution of Mozilla's PDF.js that is optimized for edge environments. Some string replacements, global mocks and inlining the PDF.js worker allow the browser code to become platform agnostic.

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GitHub

github.com › parallax › jsPDF

GitHub - parallax/jsPDF: Client-side JavaScript PDF generation for everyone.

Client-side JavaScript PDF generation for everyone. - parallax/jsPDF

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Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PDF.js

PDF.js - Wikipedia

July 18, 2025 - PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas. The project is led by the Mozilla Corporation after Andreas Gal launched it (initially as an experiment) in 2011.

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npm

npmjs.com › package › pdfjs-dist

pdfjs-dist - npm

2 weeks ago - This is a pre-built version of the PDF.js source code. It is automatically generated by the build scripts. For usage with older browsers/environments, without native support for the latest JavaScript features, please see the legacy/ folder. Please see this wiki page for information about supported browsers/environments. See https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js for learning and contributing.

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Published Nov 29, 2025

Version 5.4.449

Repository https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

Homepage https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/

GitHub

github.com › mozilla › pdf.js › releases

Releases · mozilla/pdf.js

PDF Reader in JavaScript. Contribute to mozilla/pdf.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

Author mozilla

GitHub

github.com › WebViewers › pdf.js-webviewer

GitHub - WebViewers/pdf.js-webviewer: PDF Reader in JavaScript

PDF Reader in JavaScript. Contribute to WebViewers/pdf.js-webviewer development by creating an account on GitHub.

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PDF-LIB

pdf-lib.js.org

PDF-LIB · Create and modify PDF documents in any ...

# With npm npm install --save pdf-lib # With yarn yarn add pdf-lib · If you aren't using a package manager, UMD modules are available on the unpkg and jsDelivr CDNs:

Chrome Web Store

chromewebstore.google.com › detail › pdf-viewer › oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm

PDF Viewer - Chrome Web Store

This is the official Chrome extension of the PDF.js project. Be careful of unrelated copycats. If you want to use this viewer to view local files, visit chrome://extensions/?id=oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm and put a check before "Allow access to file URLs". Please report any issues at https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues Don't have a Github account?