OpenReader Sparsh Sam
Use this command to install OpenReader with WinGet:
winget install --id=SparshSam.OpenReader -e OpenReader is a PDF reader and manipulation tool designed for local operations, ensuring your documents remain private and secure on your device. It allows you to read, search, annotate, merge, split, and compress PDF files without uploading them to the cloud.
Key Features:
- Local PDF Operations: Perform all tasks offline without internet access or third-party storage.
- Advanced Annotations: Highlight, underline, strikethrough, and add sticky notes directly in PDFs.
- Powerful Search: Use full-text search with match count and cross-document indexing for quick results.
- PDF Tools: Merge, split, extract pages, and compress PDF files effortlessly.
- AI Integration: Connect AI agents to automate workflows locally via a built-in MCP server.
Target Audience and Benefits: Ideal for students, professionals, researchers, and privacy-conscious users who need secure, offline PDF management. OpenReader offers tangible benefits such as enhanced productivity, document security, and seamless integration with AI tools, making it a versatile choice for various needs.
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Read — Open PDFs, one-page or continuous scroll, fit-width zoom, page jump.
Annotate — Highlight, underline, strikethrough, and sticky notes. Saved as native PDF annotations.
Search — Full-document keyword search with match count and navigation.
Library search — Index entire folders with SQLite FTS5 for cross-document BM25-ranked search.
Semantic search — TF-IDF cosine similarity — meaning-based matching, no external ML.
Compare — Side-by-side diff with color-coded changes and structured summary.
Multi-tab — Open several documents in one window with movable tabs.
Dark mode — System-aware theme with Auto/Light/Dark toggle.
PDF tools — Merge, split, extract page ranges, compress.
OCR fallback — Automatic OCR on scanned/image-based pages when Tesseract is available.
Session restore — Remembers open documents and page positions across restarts.
AI agent integration — Built-in MCP server with 14 tools for automated PDF workflows.
