# pwmt/zathura

Document viewer

Repository: https://github.com/pwmt/zathura
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zathura
Homepage: https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura
Language: C
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: document, viewer
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:09:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4686, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3260, forks 213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.676823+00:00)

## What it is
Zathura is a highly customizable, keyboard-driven document viewer built on the girara UI library and GTK4, with a plugin-based system for supporting formats like PDF, PostScript, and DjVu. It offers a minimalistic interface, mouse-free navigation, bookmarks, quickmarks, and SyncTeX support for LaTeX workflows.

## Use cases
- view pdfs from the keyboard like vim
- lightweight pdf viewer for linux
- pdf viewer with synctex for latex editing
- read djvu and postscript documents
- sandboxed read-only document viewer
- keyboard-only document navigation with bookmarks

## When to choose
- you want a fast, minimal, vim-style document viewer on Linux/BSD/macOS
- you write LaTeX and need bidirectional SyncTeX navigation
- you want to pick exactly which document formats to support via plugins
- keyboard-driven workflows matter more than a rich GUI

## When to avoid
- you need annotation or form-filling features out of the box
- you want a polished graphical interface with toolbars and thumbnails
- you need a viewer on Windows, where zathura is not well supported

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: pdf-viewer, plugin-system
- domain: pdf, desktop-applications, developer-tools, files
- platform: bsd, cross-platform
- tags: document-viewer, vim-like-keybindings, gtk, synctex, pdf, djvu, postscript, minimalist, sandboxed, keyboard-driven-ui, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- pwmt/zathura (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.676823+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:23:13.781465+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pwmt/zathura (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.676823+00:00, sha 6178e85e1234)
  - homepage: https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:46.212741+00:00, sha be8286190c04)
  - site_page: https://pwmt.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:46.222137+00:00, sha ce4d449dcf16)
  - site_page: https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:46.224007+00:00, sha 095cac7cc346)
  - site_page: https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:46.226385+00:00, sha 343274b35f2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.