Zathura: A New Document Viewer for Linux

Tired of having many applications to be able to view the various files with different formats that you have? Well, a solution to this problem is to use Zathura, a novelty document viewer for Linux that allows you to view files of various formats in a single tool.

Is currently available Zathura 0.3.7 which is a stable version that any user can use and that will make the process of viewing our documents more pleasant.

What is Zathura?

Zathura is a document viewer open source, developed by the team of pwmt It is highly customizable and functional, equipped with advanced technology and optimized source code following standard development metrics.

document viewer for Linux

This document viewer for Linux provides us with a minimalist, pleasant and very intuitive interface, which allows us to view a variety of documents in a simple way, it is also aimed at maximizing the use of the keyboard in document navigation, so has a lot of keyboard shortcuts that will allow us to be more productive when using it.

Zathura It is equipped with an advanced plugin management system, which allows the tool to scale and integrate with new technologies, thus supporting many more file formats. In the same way, the tool gives us the possibility to choose which formats Zathura wants to handle and which ones it does not (although they are compatible), giving us the power to use alternatives to the application if it is to our liking.

Zathura Characteristics

Among the many functionalities and features they have developed Moritz lippSebastian ramacher (Zathura developers) can include:

  • A free tool, free and with a clean source code adapted to the standards.
  • Minimalist, intuitive interface with very nice details.
  • It has an advanced plugin-based system that allows adding support for new file formats. The official plugins developed to date can be found here..
  • It allows the same format to be viewed using multiple technologies, for example, pdfs can be viewed with popplermupdf.
  • Zathura can be used without the need for a mouse, since it has keyboard shortcuts that enriches navigation from it, counting all the essential functionalities with an assigned keyboard shortcut.
  • Zathura has support for SyncTeX technology which enables synchronization between a source TeX file and the resulting output PDF. This will help us write LaTeX documents more easily.
  • Excellent bookmarks and favorites management.
  • It has an excellent reload of documents in real time, if the source file changes it is automatically refreshed in the viewer.
  • Equipped with an extensive configuration file that allows you to customize most of the tool's functionalities, from keyboard shortcuts to interface colors.
  • Allows you to export and archive attachments.
  • You can open encrypted documents and print them.
  • An advanced search system within the document.
  • Possibility of using tabs for multiple viewing.
  • A very prepared development team with many good ideas, as well as an exhaustive documentation that you can find here..
  • Many other features that you can discover.

How to install Zathura?

The easiest way to install Zathura is by downloading the latest stable version of the application from here.Then we simply open a terminal, go to the directory where we have downloaded the application's .tar.gz, and execute the following commands, replacing the downloaded version with the appropriate name.

$ tar xfv zathura-<version>.tar.gz
$ cd zathura-<version>
$ make
$ make install

In the same way, the Zathura development team has prepared packages for various distros based on the Linux kernel, they can be installed using the package manager of your distro, the links to download according to your distribution are placed below:

Once installed, we just have to run the tool and start enjoying this advanced, innovative and efficient document viewer for Linux.


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  1.   Matias said

    New? He's sooo old: /

    1.    lizard said

      New for the changes that have been made to the latest version, 0.3.7, which came out this year

  2.   Jose Manuel Lopez Martin said

    hi, i tried to install it on linux mint 17, and i couldn't.
    the terminal tells me:
    The minimum required version of GIRARA is 0.2.7
    What I can do?

    1.    lizard said

      Try reinstalling it will turn on sudo apt-get install –reinstall will turn on and then run the Zathura install command

    2.    Archman said

      Well, someone help you compile it

  3.   jofre said

    I prefer the mupdf

  4.   rv said

    Zathura is an excellent tool. I know of no other PDF viewer that is so light, fast, simple, powerful, configurable and easy to use. A must for the lightweight desk and fast work. Good post!