Evince

Also known as GNOME Document Viewer

Evince (), also known as GNOME Document Viewer, is a free and open-source document viewer supporting many document file formats including PDF, PostScript, DjVu, TIFF, XPS and DVI. It is designed for the GNOME desktop environment.

Key facts

Software.title: Evince
Software.logo: GNOME Document Viewer icon 2019.svg
Software.logo size: 100px
Software.screenshot: GNOME Evince 40.0 (released in 2021-03).png
Software.caption: GNOME Evince 40 (released in March 2021)
Software.other_names: GNOME Document Viewer
Software.developer: The Evince Team
Software.programming language: Primarily C, C++
Software.operating system: Linux and other Unix-like systems
Software.replaced_by: GNOME Papers
Software.genre: Document viewer
Software.license: GPL-2.0-or-later

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History
Features
Supported document formats
See also
References
External links

The developers of Evince intended to replace the multiple GNOME document viewers with a single and simple application. The Evince motto sums up the project aim: "Simply a Document Viewer".