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Open in PDF Reader

by rynu.smith · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader

Users
90K
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.5 / 5
−0.03 in 30 days
Ratings
49
−1 in 30 days
Store rank
#2,455
#2,165 among extensions
Version
0.3.7
updated 18 Nov 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
20K60K100KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 90,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
103050Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 49 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Open in PDF Reader

The "Open in PDF viewer" extension opens PDF files directly in your favorite external PDF viewer application. To use the extension, right-click on a PDF link and select the "Open in PDF viewer" item. The extension downloads the PDF file in your default downloads directory and then executes the external command to open the downloaded file with the default PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader or FoxIt PDF reader). Note that to execute an OS-level command, you need to install a native client. Native client installation guide appears on the first usage. Features: 1. Open PDF files from right-click context menu 2. Transfer already opened PDF files to the external PDF viewer by pressing the browser's action button 3. Detect PDF links and open them with left-click 4. Open the external PDF viewer with a user-defined delay 5. Supports most common PDF viewers Change Logs: 0.1.1: It is now possible to define left-click open in default PDF reader from the options page. If this mode is enabled, the extension blocks the default action when a link with the PDF mime type is the target. 0.1.2: It is possible to ask the extension to send the PDF URL to the external executable. Make sure your PDF Reader can open remote URLs before enabling this option 0.1.9: You can now run the external executable with a delay. This helps your antivirus application to validate the PDF file before this extension opens it with the external PDF viewer.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%−1−0.03
6 months0+0.0%−1−0.03
1 year0+0.0%−1+0.05

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Open in PDF Reader appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
pdf#22−8
file#98−47

Version history

9 versions recorded
0.3.718 Nov 2025
0.3.63 May 2025
0.3.414 Nov 2024
0.3.324 Jun 2024
0.3.214 Dec 2022
0.3.116 Aug 2022
0.3.026 Jul 2021
0.1.917 May 2021

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
12 May 2020
Size
54 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
add0n.com
Support
webextension.org
Extension ID
cehiomcamjpnfmemkmpjadaclohoibgo

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagecontextMenusnotificationsnativeMessagingdownloadsactiveTabalarms

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