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A native pdf viewer for Windows and Linux (Wayland/X11) with configurable keybindings.

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Miro-pdf v0.8.0 – Fullscreen, presentation mode and friendly keybinds

by vincent-uden·Apr 9, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Auto-reloading watched PDFs is genuinely useful for LaTeX and Typst workflows.

Strengths
  • •Hot-reloading watched PDFs solves real pain for LaTeX/Typst compilation workflows
  • •RPC server enables programmatic control from external tools and scripts
  • •Cross-platform native build with iced avoids Electron bloat entirely
Weaknesses
  • •PDF viewer space is extremely crowded with established alternatives like Zathura
  • •Viewing-only feature set lacks annotation or editing capabilities
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Developers writing LaTeX/Typst, terminal-focused users

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Post Description

Miro is a native pdf viewer for Windows and Linux (and macOS) built with iced and mupdf-rs. You may remember it from my slightly aggressively titled post "I hate acrobat" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45598776).

Anyways, since then I've release 2 whole new versions with the aid of many helpful contributors. Most recently is a presentation mode to hide the UI and a toggle for fullscreen mode.

Code is found at: https://github.com/vincent-uden/miro

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