PDF.js is used in Thunderbird, ownCloud, Nextcloud, and as browser extensions for Google Chrome/ Chromium, Firefox for Android, Pale Moon and SeaMonkey. Its implementation uses the Canvas element from HTML5, which allows for fast rendering speeds. ![]() The project was created to provide a way for viewing PDF documents natively in the web browser, which prevents potential security risks when opening PDF documents outside a browser, as the code for displaying the document is sandboxed in a browser. (version 15), and enabled by default since 2013 (version 19). PDF.js was originally created as an extension for Firefox and is included in Firefox since 2012. ![]() The project is led by the Mozilla Corporation after Andreas Gal launched it (initially as an experiment) in 2011. ![]() PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas.
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