Skim

Short description: Open source PDF reader for macOS

Skim

Developer(s)| Christiaan Hofman, Adam Maxwell, and Michael McCracken
Stable release|

1.6.16[1]

Written in| Objective-C
Operating system| macOS
Available in| Multilingual
Type| PDF reader
License| BSD
Website| skim-app.sourceforge.io

Skim is an open-source PDF reader. It is notably the first free software PDF reader for macOS.[2] It is written in Objective-C, and uses Cocoa APIs. It is released under a BSD license. It is also cited as being able to help annotate and read scientific papers.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Features
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

Its initial release was in April 2007, at version 0.2.[4] Within its first year it managed to gain a small fan base of users due to its ease of use and features which allowed some flexibility over other PDF browsers for Mac OS X. As of 2008, it had achieved version 1.0. Its main developers were also responsible for another popular open-source program, BibDesk.[5]

## Features

Some of its features include the ability to view and bookmark PDFs, highlight and underline selectable PDF text, and a full-screen and presentation mode, along with a split mode that allows scrolling a PDF separately in two parts on the same screen. It also allows the adding of circles and boxes, as well as being able to embed and edit notes.[6]

## See also

* List of PDF software

## References

1. ↑ "Skim notes". https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/relnotes.html.
2. ↑ Pash, Adam (April 4, 2007). "Download of the Day: Skim (Mac)". https://lifehacker.com/249585/download-of-the-day-skim-mac. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
3. ↑ "Open Source on Mac". http://www.nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/opensourcemac. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
4. ↑ Lu, Mat (April 2, 2007). "Skim PDF reader" (in en-US). Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/skim-pdf-reader/.
5. ↑ McCracken, Michael (April 2, 2007). "Announcing Skim: Stop printing – Start Skimming". http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/2007/04/02/announcing-skim-stop-printing-start-skimming/. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
6. ↑ Mckee, Michael (October 7, 2007). "Skim – A better PDF reader". http://mactheweb.com/software-review/skim-a-better-pdf-reader/. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

## External links

* Skim on SourceForge.net

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PDF software

Free and open-source|

* Evince
* KPDF
* LibreOffice
* LibHaru
* MuPDF
* Okular
* PDF.js
* PDF Split and Merge
* podofo
* Poppler
* Scribus
* Skim
* Sumatra PDF
* Xpdf
* Zathura

Proprietary|

| Freeware|

* Foxit Reader
* PDF-XChange Viewer
* STDU Viewer
* Apple Books

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Commercial|

* Adobe Acrobat
* Nitro PDF
* PDF Signer
* Pdfvue
* Preview
* Soda PDF
* WPS Office
* PDF Studio

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