What is Reedah?
Reedah is a free and open-source PDF reader and annotation application. It provides a range of tools for working with and commenting on PDF documents.
Some of the key features of Reedah include:
- Viewing and navigating PDFs
- Adding text comments, highlights, shapes, sticky notes and freehand drawings as annotations
- Organization tools like bookmarks and tables of contents to easily navigate longer documents
- Collaboration features that let multiple users co-annotate documents
- Support for exporting/importing annotations as JSON
- Works across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux)
As an open-source application, Reedah benefits from transparency and community development. Its codebase is available on GitHub for anyone to view, modify or contribute to. This can foster faster innovation compared to proprietary software.
For students, academics and knowledge workers who regularly handle PDFs, Reedah provides an intuitive, zero-cost alternative to paid annotation tools. With its focus on collaboration and community-driven development, it aims to make working with PDF documents more accessible and productive for everyone.
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