PDF.js

PDF.js
Original author(s) Andreas Gal
Developer(s) Mozilla
Stable release
1.6.210[1] / October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)
Preview release
1.7.225[1] / January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26)
Repository github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
Development status Active
Written in JavaScript, HTML5
Operating system all
Platform Browser plugin
Available in Multilingual
All languages Firefox is translated into
Type Document viewer/PDF-to-HTML converter
License Apache License 2.0[2]
Website mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/

PDF.js or pdf.js is a JavaScript library intended to render PDF files using the HTML5 Canvas for a safer and web standards compliant web browser rendering of PDF files. The project is led by the Mozilla Foundation after Andreas Gal launched it (initially as an experiment) in 2011.

PDF.js can work as a part of a website or of a browser. Originally created as a Firefox extension[3] it is now included in Mozilla Firefox since 2012 (version 15),[4][5] and is enabled by default since 2013 (version 19).[6][7] SeaMonkey users need to install the development version of the extension. It is also part of ownCloud and there exists a Chrome/Chromium (web browser) extension.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 GitHub releases page
  2. ↑ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/LICENSE
  3. ↑ "PDF Viewer(discontinued)". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  4. ↑ Lucian Parfeni (2012-04-30). "PDF.JS and Download Manager Panel Pushed to Firefox 15". Softpedia. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  5. ↑ Blagoveschenskiy, Anton (2012-08-29). "Вышла новая версия браузера Firefox 15" [New version 15 of the Firefox browser released]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  6. ↑ Bug 773397 – Disable pdf.js prior to FF15 beta 5, bugzilla.mozilla.org
  7. ↑ "Firefox 19.0 Release Notes". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Chrome Web Store: PDF Viewer


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