How to open a .pdf file
15 programs in our index register themselves to open .pdf files. That claim comes from each publisher's own installer manifest, not from a guess about the format.
Programs that open .pdf
Taken straight from publisher manifests. Some of these handle the format for a narrow purpose rather than as their main job.
- Google Chromev151.0.7922.72 · 3 hashed installers100
- Opera GX Stablev133.0.5932.81 · 4 hashed installers100
- Opera Stablev133.0.5932.85 · 6 hashed installers100
- SumatraPDFv3.6.1 · 9 hashed installers100
- Vivaldiv8.1.4087.61 · 6 hashed installers100
- Bravev150.1.92.144 · 6 hashed installers95
- Inkscapev1.4.4 · 3 hashed installers100
- Microsoft Edgev150.0.4078.105 · 3 hashed installers100
- ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editorsv9.4.0 · 3 hashed installers95
- XnView MPv1.11.5.0 · 2 hashed installers100
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit)v26.001.21745 · 1 hashed installer100
- Mozilla Firefox (en-US)v153.0.1 · 3 hashed installers100
- Waterfoxv6.6.17 · 1 hashed installer100
- Yandex Browserv26.6.3.870 · 1 hashed installer100
- Foxit PDF Readerv2026.1.2.36540 · 1 hashed installer96