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Rime

Minimal macOS PDF reader that freezes your screen for focus

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Rime is an open-source, distraction-free PDF reader for macOS. When you read, everything around your document freezes over into frosted ice—Dock, menu bar, and open windows quietly fade so only your page is left. Built with 100% native AppKit & PDFKit: instant rendering, zero bloat, Liquid Glass controls, and full annotation support (highlights, notes). Completely private and offline.

PH · launched Nov 4, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views

Niche: ebook and reading apps · 190 launches, 18 in the last 7 days ▼ -33% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity
  • Open Source
  • Developer Tools
  • GitHub

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More like this: all 190 launches in ebook and reading apps →

Could you build this?

Yes A native macOS PDF reader built on PDFKit with AppKit windowing and visual effects is a well-scoped app that a solo developer could build with AI assistance, though it needs some Swift and macOS knowledge.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 607 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #235 of 608 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 340 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Certyneo Reader · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • NabuViewer · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Free PDF Reader for Windows · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • pdf-editor · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • PDFBolt · ph · 2026-10-23 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Rhea · ph · 2026-10-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • Peekaboo · ph · 2026-11-09 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • Raff · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46

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