The main features I want are:

  • Import PDFs and annotate them in the app’s native format (so that I’ll still be able to remove previous changes after I save and re-open it)
  • Quickly add text boxes anywhere on the PDF
  • Draw some basic shapes and lines with different colors (can either be notability-style “draw and hold to make shape” or just a classic “insert shapes” option from the toolbar)
  • Have a page thumbnail option and can search text in the PDF file and quickly go there
    • @first_ad4972@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1•11 months ago

      I tried this app before, but on Mac this app has a weird layout and I can’t even find the toolbar that is in the screenshot on the official site. How do I make the toolbar show?

      • Victoria
        1•11 months ago

        I don’t know, I use it on Linux and it works fine there. What exactly do you mean by “weird layout?”

        • @first_ad4972@sh.itjust.worksOP
          3•11 months ago

          I don’t have the tool selection menu on top of the document, instead there’s a menu called “tools” that I have to click in, and the tools are listed by names instead of icons which is confusing and hard to find.

          Screenshot on my computer (after I clicked open the “tools” menu):

          Screenshot on the official site (note that there’s a tool selection menu on the top, inside the red rectangle, which is missing on my computer):

  • f00f/erisEnglish
    2•11 months ago

    I know Okular can do at least most of that. Don’t think it’s available for Mac OS X, though.

    • adr1an
      2•11 months ago

      Not long ago, I installed Okular on Windows for a friend. I was surprised that the version available officially was pretty old.

      It would be great if Mac and Windows could have access to flathub.org daydreaming

      • nicman24
        2•11 months ago

        there are nightlies bins in their ftp - they are a bit hidden

  • @pexavc@lemm.ee
    1•11 months ago

    Honestly, building a Notion level FOSS alternative, probably in the lines of Obsidian as well, would be a fun project. Especially with the features you mentioned.

    • @first_ad4972@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1•11 months ago

      But MacOS’s pdf editor saves the file as PDF, which means I can’t change a text box or drawing I already did once I save the file and delete previous versions. And I’m planning to switch to linux in the future so I want something open source.