pdfcraft-android
An open-source, reimplementation of Adobe Acrobat Reader in Rust while using Kotlin as the UI framework.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 13, 2026 · 65 upvotes (top 22%)
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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See all 1341 similar launches →Could you build this?
No Writing a full PDF parser and rendering engine in Rust with Kotlin UI bindings requires deep domain expertise in low-level graphics pipelines and the massive ISO PDF specifications.
What it would actually take: A proper implementation requires parsing complex ISO 32000 specifications, building a low-level 2D graphics engine (using libraries like Vello, Skia, or wgpu), handling font rendering and subsetting via FreeType/HarfBuzz, and bridging via JNI to Android. The most challenging aspect is correctly rendering malformed real-world PDF streams, interactive form controls, and vector drawing commands with strict fidelity and high mobile performance.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #327 of 1342 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 349 days after the earliest competitor.
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- gopd · github · 2026-09-15 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Pdf2md · hn · 2026-05-18 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- Rubrol · hn · 2026-09-19 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- artcraft-toolbox · github · 2026-10-09 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- NeoApk · github · 2026-09-28 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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- 1417097325
- Company
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- Product
- filmcraft-android
- Website domain
- github.com
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- Upvotes percentile
- 0.78
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- AI summary
- open-source pdf reader for android built with rust and kotlin
- Manually corrected
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