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Apache PDFBox vs Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js)

A side-by-side look at Apache PDFBox and Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache PDFBox

Apache PDFBox

Office & Productivity

Apache PDFBox is an open source Java library for working with PDF documents. It allows creating, editing, printing, splitting, merging and validating PDFs programmatically.

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Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js)

Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js)

Web Browsers

Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js) is an open source PDF viewer that is built into Firefox. It allows you to view PDFs directly in the browser without needing an external plugin.

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