Ready-made Viewer
A polished, production-ready PDF viewer that drops into your app in seconds.
- Drop-in component
- Fastest way to launch
- Prebuilt toolbar and layout
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Embed PDF files without the pain
The ultimate Open Source PDF viewer for JavaScript. Choose our drop-in component for instant results, or use our headless library to build a completely custom UI.
import { PDFViewer } from '@embedpdf/viewer-react' ;export function App() { return ( <PDFViewer src="/report.pdf" style={{ height: '100vh' }} /> );}
Start embedding in minutes
- Copy a few lines of code
- Configure your options
- You're live! 🚀
Integration
Two ways to integrate
Choose the level of control that fits your project.
Headless Components
Build your own custom viewer UI from scratch. We provide the engine, you control the pixels.
- Build your own UI
- Full composability
- Plugin-friendly
Capabilities
Everything you need for modern PDF workflows
Packed with features to handle real-world use cases with ease.
Annotations
Highlight, underline, draw and add notes.
Forms
Fill and save interactive PDF forms.
Signatures
Add, save and manage e-signatures.
Search
Find text across the entire document.
Redaction
Permanently redact sensitive content.
Stamps
Add and manage document stamps.
Quick Start
Get started in minutes
Copy, paste, and start embedding PDFs in seconds. No build step. No bloat. Works with your stack, today.
<div id="pdf-viewer" style="height: 500px"></div>
<script type="module">
import EmbedPDF from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@embedpdf/viewer@3/dist/embedpdf.js';
EmbedPDF.init({
target: '#pdf-viewer',
src: '/pdfs/welcome.pdf',
onReady: (viewer) => console.log('PDF viewer ready!', viewer),
});
</script>Open source
Apache-2.0 licensed and built transparently for the community.
Production ready
Secure, reliable, and trusted by thousands of developers.
Works with your stack
Drop in with Vanilla JS, React, Vue, Svelte, and more.
Open source proof
Built in the open.
EmbedPDF is backed by real developer adoption: npm downloads, GitHub stars, and active participation in the PDF ecosystem.
1M+monthly downloads on npm
Trusted by developers worldwide to embed PDFs at scale — from indie tools to enterprise document platforms.
4K+GitHub stars
A growing community of developers building the future of PDF on the web.
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PDFAssociation
member
Proud member of the PDF Association advancing the future of PDF.
pdfa.orgDeveloper stories
Loved once it is
in the product
From quick embeds to custom document workflows, developers use EmbedPDF to ship faster and stay in control.
PDFs are the lifeblood of legal work. EmbedPDF is what we have been searching for since we started our legal software company. A library that excels at handling PDFs and their annotations in a way that is performant, accessible, open and secure. That it is also free is icing on the cake.
Stirling PDF
PDF tools
I love the modular plugin architecture, the flexibility to integrate and customize however we need has been invaluable. A great open-source product with an amazing license and community of developers ready to help.
Grella
AI citations
After fighting with PDF.js in the browser, we found EmbedPDF with its first-class Svelte support. Within minutes we had something working, its extensible nature gave us the control we needed to build citation highlighting on top. Not a single regret.