Foxit PDF Reader
A free, lightweight PDF viewer with annotation, form-filling, and signing tools
foxitsoftware.com — this link takes you to the developer's own website.
- Version
- 2026.1.2.36540
- License
- Freemium
- Platforms
- Windows
- Publisher
- Foxit Software Inc.
Foxit PDF Reader is a lightweight application for viewing PDF documents on Windows, with companion versions for macOS, iOS, Android, and the web. It focuses on fast page rendering and includes a multi-tab interface for working with several documents at once, along with adjustable page layouts such as single page, continuous scroll, and two-page facing view.
Beyond plain viewing, the reader includes a set of annotation tools: highlighting, underlining, sticky notes, and file attachments for marking up or commenting on documents. It can fill both standard PDF forms and XFA forms, and supports signing documents by hand, by image, or through an eSignature workflow. Security options include a protected view mode for untrusted files and controls for restricting which locations and scripts are allowed to run.
The reader also integrates with cloud and enterprise services such as SharePoint and DocuSign, and offers Group Policy support for IT departments deploying it across many machines. This makes it suitable both for individual users who just need to read and mark up PDFs, and for organizations standardizing on a single PDF viewer.
It is not an editor: tasks like merging, splitting, reorganizing pages, or making direct text edits to a PDF require Foxit's separate paid product, Foxit PDF Editor.