Poppler

Place

#16 of 31

Chart

Score

6.4

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Poppler, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Poppler's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Poppler	Free	PDF rendering library; source code and generated API documentation are available

Each one read from Poppler's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Android: The Qt5 interface can be used on Android, with substitute font files required in the APK to reliably display documents with unembedded fonts.checked 10 Oct 2026
Build platforms: The project lists CI on Debian Unstable, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 44, and Android, and non-official CI for FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.checked 10 Oct 2026

C++ interface: The C++ interface lets C++ programs load and render PDF files and has no additional requirements beyond Poppler.checked 10 Oct 2026
Downloads: The site provides source tarballs and says Poppler also requires poppler encoding data.checked 10 Oct 2026
Image output: The C++ image API documents saving rendered images as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or PNM, subject to supported image formats.checked 10 Oct 2026
Interfaces: Poppler provides cpp, glib, qt5, and qt6 frontends.checked 10 Oct 2026
Qt integration: The Qt5 interface is used in KDE’s Okular document viewer.checked 10 Oct 2026
Release: The site lists poppler-26.10.0, released October 4, 2026, as the latest stable release.checked 10 Oct 2026
Security fixes: The latest release notes include fixes for crashes in malformed documents.checked 10 Oct 2026
Signatures: The latest release notes list support for eIDAS CAdES-B signatures and changes to the NSS signatures backend.checked 10 Oct 2026
Support: The project directs users to its mailing list and IRC channel, and asks bug reporters to use GitLab.checked 10 Oct 2026
What it is: Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.checked 10 Oct 2026