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24 alternatives to Vue PDF Viewer

Drop-in PDF viewer with annotation tools for Vue and Nuxt

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js that supports both Vue2 and Vue3 - arkokoley/pdfvuer

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built EmbedPDF: an MIT-licensed, open-source PDF viewer that aims to match all of Adobe Acrobat’s paid features… for free. Already working: - Annotations (highlight, sticky notes, free text, ink) - True redaction (content actually removed) - Search, text selection, zoom, rotation - Runs fully in the browser, no server needed - Drop-in SDK for React, Vue, Preact, vanilla JS Why? Acrobat is heavy, closed, and pricey. I wanted something lightweight, hackable, and embeddable anywhere. Demo: https://app.embedpdf.com/ Website: https://www.embedpdf.com/ GitHub:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js that supports both Vue2 and Vue3 - arkokoley/pdfvuer

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js that supports both Vue2 and Vue3 - arkokoley/pdfvuer

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Nuxt UI▲316

    Nuxt UI is a free, open source Vue component library: 125+ accessible, TypeScript components built on Reka UI and Tailwind CSS, for Nuxt and any Vue app.

    2023 · ui.nuxt.com · its alternatives →

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    A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free PDF tools, merge, split, compress, compress, rotate etc

    2023 · pdf.ai · its alternatives →

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    Visual drag and drop builder for vue components and apps

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Full featured drag & drop enabled Vue file upload component with previews and upload progress

    2019 · safrazik.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Vuetron▲102

    A dev tool for testing and debugging Vue.js applications.

    2017 · vuetron.io · its alternatives →

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    Cloud-based PDF Viewer and Annotation

    2015 · kamiapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Read, review, and annotate PDFs with ease

    2016 · pdfviewer.io · its alternatives →

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    The developer-friendly HTML to PDF API

    2020 · pdfblade.com · its alternatives →

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    pdfme▲106

    Open source PDF library fully written in TypeScript

    2022 · pdfme.com · its alternatives →

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    The Hybrid Vue(3) Framework

    2021 · nuxt.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16NI

    We just launched Nextprev.it — A project we put together over a couple of days.<p>The project stemmed from a frustration with PDF file transfers and screen-sharing when giving design presentations to clients through Skype.<p>Please give it a go and let us know what you think - @nextprev<p>Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

    2012 · nextprev.it · its alternatives →

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    Preview Office, PDF, CAD and more in the browser

    Jul 2026 · file-viewer.app · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful animated components for Vue 3 & Nuxt. Built with Tailwind CSS and motion-v. 238+ interactive, copy-paste components. Open source, MIT, free forever.

    Jun 2026 · nxui.geoql.in · its alternatives →

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    a PDF viewer made for React

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Weekly newsletter with tips & content about Vue & Nuxt.

    2023 · weekly-vue.news · its alternatives →

  21. 21VP
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    Hi HN, creator of EmbedPDF here. I recently posted my open-source PDF viewer here, and one thing I really value is that it runs completely offline. I started wondering if we could push that further: could we do full ML layout analysis (detecting tables, headers, columns) directly in the browser? To my surprise, it actually works. The catch: It is far from production-ready. It crashes on most phones, and on older computers, it can be incredibly slow. The why: I believe the future of document processing is local. Many users work with sensitive documents (bank statements, legal contracts) and…

    2025 · embedpdf.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate feature-rich PDFs from HTML in Vue 3

    Sep 2026 · vue3-pdf-export.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Easily embed Adobe PDF viewer within any web application

    2020 · developer.adobe.com · its alternatives →

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