Papers
Papers is a free document viewer for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
What Papers is
Papers is a free document viewer for the GNOME desktop on Linux. It can view, search, and annotate PDFs, DjVu files, TIFF images, and comic book archives in CBR, CBT, CBZ, and CB7 formats. The app also supports form filling. Its interface is described as mobile-friendly and includes an annotation list and sidebar thumbnails for navigating documents and notes. The app page lists version 51.0, released on September 12, 2026. That version added visual signatures, and free-text annotations print by default. Papers is free: the listed plan costs nothing. Flathub lists a 14 MiB download for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures, and the GNOME app page directs users there for the latest version. Flathub names The GNOME Project as publisher. The app-specific page content is licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. Users can contact the project through its issue tracker to give feedback or report problems; the page also links to contribution, translation, and donation options for the GNOME Foundation.
Good
- Reads PDF, DjVu, and TIFF files
- Supports several comic archive formats
- Includes annotation tools and form filling
- Version 51.0 added visual signatures
- Free plan costs nothing
Watch out
- Listed for Linux only
- Intended for the GNOME desktop
Who it suits
Papers suits Linux users on the GNOME desktop who need to read, search, annotate, or fill forms in supported document formats. Its comic archive support may also suit readers of those file types.
Verdict
Papers combines document viewing, search, annotations, and form filling for GNOME users. Check that its Linux platform and supported file formats meet your needs.
Plans and prices
From Papers's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 14 MiB download · x86_64 and aarch64 architectures |
The facts
Each one read from Papers's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Annotations
- Free text annotations are printed by default in version 51.0.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Contributions
- The app page links to ways to contribute, translate the app, and donate to the GNOME Foundation.checked 8 Oct 2026
- File formats
- It supports PDF, DjVu, TIFF, and comic book archives in CBR, CBT, CBZ, and CB7 formats.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The GNOME app page directs users to install the latest version from Flathub.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The app page describes Papers as a document viewer for the GNOME desktop.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Interface
- The app page describes a mobile-friendly user interface and shows an annotation list and sidebar thumbnails.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- The page lists version 51.0, released on September 12, 2026.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The app-specific content on the GNOME page is licensed GPL-2.0-or-later.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Flathub lists The GNOME Project as the publisher.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Papers is a document viewer for the GNOME desktop that can view, search, and annotate documents.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Signatures
- Version 51.0 added the ability to insert visual signatures within Papers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The app page directs users to its issue tracker to give feedback or report issues.checked 8 Oct 2026
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