Any recommendations for FOSS alternatives to notability? (for intel mac)

The main features I want are:

  • Import PDFs and annotate them in the app’s native format (so that I’ll still be able to remove previous changes after I save and re-open it)
  • Quickly add text boxes anywhere on the PDF
  • Draw some basic shapes and lines with different colors (can either be notability-style “draw and hold to make shape” or just a classic “insert shapes” option from the toolbar)
  • Have a page thumbnail option and can search text in the PDF file and quickly go there
pexavc,

Honestly, building a Notion level FOSS alternative, probably in the lines of Obsidian as well, would be a fun project. Especially with the features you mentioned.

PuppyOSAndCoffee,
@PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml avatar

Doesn’t MacOS do this natively?

first_ad4972,

But MacOS’s pdf editor saves the file as PDF, which means I can’t change a text box or drawing I already did once I save the file and delete previous versions. And I’m planning to switch to linux in the future so I want something open source.

anzo,

Zotero.org has a pdf reader, but it’s a reference manager to use in more academic world

janguv,

This was gonna be my recommendation also.

heartlessevil,

wiki.archlinux.org/title/PDF,_PS_and_DjVu#Graphic…

first_ad4972,

But which of these is available for Mac OS?

gratux,
@gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Xournal++

first_ad4972,

I tried this app before, but on Mac this app has a weird layout and I can’t even find the toolbar that is in the screenshot on the official site. How do I make the toolbar show?

gratux,
@gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I don’t know, I use it on Linux and it works fine there. What exactly do you mean by “weird layout?”

first_ad4972, (edited )

I don’t have the tool selection menu on top of the document, instead there’s a menu called “tools” that I have to click in, and the tools are listed by names instead of icons which is confusing and hard to find.

Screenshot on my computer (after I clicked open the “tools” menu):

https://i.imgur.com/4BaIh2o.png

Screenshot on the official site (note that there’s a tool selection menu on the top, inside the red rectangle, which is missing on my computer):

https://i.imgur.com/pul8hcC.png

gratux,
@gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You can toggle the toolbars with F9. Alternatively, View->Show Toolbars

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/28e4a43e-f50e-49dd-a783-22d4013fb28c.png

first_ad4972,

Thanks, that worked

ipacialsection,
@ipacialsection@startrek.website avatar

I know Okular can do at least most of that. Don’t think it’s available for Mac OS X, though.

anzo,

Not long ago, I installed Okular on Windows for a friend. I was surprised that the version available officially was pretty old.

It would be great if Mac and Windows could have access to flathub.org daydreaming

nicman24,

there are nightlies bins in their ftp - they are a bit hidden

janguv,

Think it’s possible if you can install via KDE/Macports

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