Best alternatives to Open in PDF Reader (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Open in PDF Reader, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Open in PDF Reader alternatives, compared
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Open in PDF Reader
Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader
≈90K users3.5★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago7 permissions- About 4.5× more users than Open in PDF Reader
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Open in PDF Viewer
Easily open desired links in a PDF viewer.
≈100K users3.2★ from 136 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago5 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Open in Foxit™ Reader
Send PDF (Portable Document Format) links to the Foxit™ Reader from right-click context menu or browser's action button
≈40K users2.8★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago6 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Open in PDF Reader
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Flexi PDF Reader
Customizable PDF Viewing Made Effortless – Discover the Flexi PDF Reader
≈10K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago6 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in PDF Reader
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Google Scholar PDF Reader
Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.
≈2M users4.1★ from 714 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago8 permissions- About 100× more users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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doqment PDF Reader
Mozilla's HTML5 PDF Viewer with Reader-mode add-on.
≈10K users4.7★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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PDF Reader and Editor
A general-purpose Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer based on Mozilla's PDF.js library
≈70K users4.5★ from 102 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago4 permissions- About 3.5× more users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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Awesome PDF Viewer, Reader
PDF Viewer, Reader is a free tool that allows you to view/edit PDF files directly in your web browser.
≈20K users3.9★ from 110 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Open With iTunes™
Easily open desired links in iTunes
≈10K users3.8★ from 233 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- 10
BeeLine Reader PDF Viewer
Make PDFs easier to read using BeeLine Reader's award-winning technology.
≈1K users3.2★ from 31 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago7 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Open in PDF Reader
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
- Listed under Accessibility
Open in PDF Reader alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Open in PDF Reader?
By users, the most popular alternative is Google Scholar PDF Reader with ≈2M users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Open in PDF Reader.
Which Open in PDF Reader alternative has the best rating?
doqment PDF Reader has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings.
Is there a Open in PDF Reader alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Awesome PDF Viewer, Reader asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Open in PDF Reader.
How many alternatives to Open in PDF Reader are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Open in PDF Reader on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.