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Jotdown
Walter Rebouças
Offline PDF reader with OCR and academic annotations.
Opens the official F-Droid page
About Jotdown
Jotdown is an open-source document manager and PDF reader built for researchers, students and academics. Reading, annotating and organizing your documents works fully offline; network is only used for optional DOI citation import and dictionary downloads. Focused on privacy — no account required, no data leaves the device beyond what those optional features need.
Features:
* PDF reader with text-layer extraction
* OCR via open-source PdfBox
* Sticky note annotations and vector drawings (stylus + palm rejection)
* Academic citation (fichamento) generator
* Export to Markdown (.md), TXT and PDF
* ABNT citation format support
* Local folder organisation system
* Offline dictionary (Portuguese / English)
* Backup and restore (local ZIP)
* Dark mode support
How to install Jotdown
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open Jotdown from your app drawer.