README.md

Plata

A lightweight, modern, and open-source PDF viewer

Built with Qt6 and MuPDF

✨ Features

• 🖼️ Modern UI and native performance with Qt6
• 📄 Fast and pixel-perfect PDF rendering powered by MuPDF
• 🧠 Focused on simplicity, usability, and responsiveness
• 🪟 Cross-platform support

🚀 Installation

There are no official packages yet, so you'll need to compile the project manually.

Linux/macOS

Make sure you have a C/C++ compiler, Qt6, CMake, and Make installed.

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -B ./build .
cmake --build ./build
./build/plata

Windows

Install Visual Studio 2022, Qt6, and CMake.

Replace <Qt6 cmake config path> with the path to your Qt6 installation (usually something like C:/Qt/6.x.x/msvc2022_64/lib/cmake).

cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -B build -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="<Qt6 cmake config path>" .
cmake --build .\build --config Release
windeployqt .\build\Release\plata
.\build\Release\plata

🛣️ Development Roadmap

• Basic user interface implementation
• Application icon
• Single PDF page rendering
• Tabs
• Windows compatibility
• Full PDF rendering
• Zoom support
• Packaging
• Theming
• Selectable text
• Text search

🤝 Contributing

I welcome all kinds of contributions — whether code, bug reports, or feature requests! Feel free to open an issue or start a discussion.