vfr/Reader
PDF Reader Core for iOS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5837
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2438
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4247 stars · 1122 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An open-source PDF reader/viewer library for iOS written in Objective-C, providing a complete PDF viewing component with multithreaded rendering, password-protected PDF support, and iBooks-like navigation. The project is explicitly no longer supported or maintained and is kept only for historical reference.
Use cases
- display pdf files in an ios app
- embed a pdf viewer in my iphone app
- render large pdf documents on ios
- open password-protected pdfs in ios
- add page navigation and thumbnails to a pdf reader app
- build a pdf viewer app for ipad
When to choose
- you need a self-contained, code-generated (no XIB) PDF viewer for older iOS versions
- you want to study a classic Objective-C PDF rendering implementation
- you must support very old devices and iOS 6+ for legacy projects
When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - it is unmaintained and the author recommends UXReader-iOS instead
- you need modern iOS/Swift support or ongoing bug fixes
- you need PDF editing, annotation, or form-filling features
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
pdf-viewer ui-components image-processing pdf mobile-development pdf-reader ios-library objective-c unmaintained document-viewer ios mobile
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/vfr/Reader · fetched 2026-08-28 · 431717579e1c
- homepage: http://www.vfr.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vfr/Reader | main | 32 |
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