install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pdfpc

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install pdfpc

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/pdfpc/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install pdfpc

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · pdfpc · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#pdfpc

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfpc/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S pdfpc

Arch Linux sync databases · pdfpc · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files

Project links

Commands and aliases

pdfpc

history

Project history and usage

pdfpc is a GTK-based PDF presentation viewer that provides a presenter console on one display and the audience presentation on another. It shows information such as the current and next slides, notes, and remaining time.

Project history

The project began as PDF Presenter Console. Its changelog records an initial 1.0 release, a substantial 2.0 rewrite in 2010, and a May 2012 rename to pdfpc when it was forked from the earlier project.

Version 4.0 in June 2015 moved the application to GTK+3 under a new maintainer. Later releases added improved Wayland and HiDPI behavior, drawing, media controls, PDF annotations, REST control, JSON presentation metadata, and other presentation features.

Adoption history

pdfpc is packaged by Homebrew, Fedora, Arch, MacPorts, and Nix. It is especially associated with Linux and open-source presentation workflows where slides are produced as PDFs, often through LaTeX Beamer.

How it is used

Presenters open a PDF with pdfpc and use the presenter window for notes, previews, timing, overview navigation, drawing, and audience-screen control.

Global behavior and key bindings can be configured in pdfpcrc. The documented lookup includes XDG configuration paths, the legacy ~/.pdfpcrc path, and a system configuration path.

A companion .pdfpc file can hold presentation-specific notes and state; it is presentation data rather than the global application configuration file.

Why package nerds care

pdfpc supplies a free-software presenter console independent of a proprietary slide-authoring suite. Its support for PDF, Beamer notes, configurable controls, media, and multiple monitors makes it a distinctive component of conference and academic presentation setups.

Timeline

2010: PDF Presenter Console 2.0 released.
2012: Project renamed to pdfpc with version 3.0.
2015: Version 4.0 moved to GTK+3 under a new maintainer.
2020: Version 4.5 introduced JSON presentation metadata and expanded notes and presentation features.
2022: Version 4.6 added REST control and undo/redo for drawings.
2024: Version 4.7 released in December.

Related projects

pdfpc is a fork of Jakob Westhoff's PDF Presenter Console. Its official organization also maintains latex-pdfpc, a companion LaTeX package for embedding notes and presentation metadata.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Installs with 15 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/pdfpc/pdfpcrc~/.config/pdfpc/pdfpcrc~/.pdfpcrc${SYSCONFDIR}/pdfpcrc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/pdfpc/pdfpcrc~/.config/pdfpc/pdfpcrc${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR}/pdfpcrc

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pdfpc`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version4.7.0

manager updated2026-09-14

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv4.7.0

https://github.com/pdfpc/pdfpc

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pdfpc
Version	4.7.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pdfpc
Homepage	https://pdfpc.github.io/
Repository	https://github.com/pdfpc/pdfpc
Upstream docs	https://pdfpc.github.io/
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/pdfpc/pdfpc/archive/refs/tags/v4.7.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-14T13:44:10+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	at-spi2-core, cairo, discount, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gstreamer, gtk+3, harfbuzz, json-glib, libgee, librsvg, libx11, pango, poppler
Build dependencies	cmake, vala
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pdfpc
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

pdfpc

nix profile install nixpkgs#pdfpc

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pdfpc

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfpc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf95%

pdfpc 4.7.0-6.fc45

A GTK based presentation viewer application for GNU/Linux

https://pdfpc.github.io/

sudo dnf install pdfpc

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pdfpc
22 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pdfpc

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pdfpc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

pdfpc 4.7.0-2

Presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files

https://pdfpc.github.io/

sudo pacman -S pdfpc

License: GPL
Architecture: x86_64
9 dependencies
3 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pdfpc

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pdfpc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

pdfpc

sudo port install pdfpc

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pdfpc

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: graphics/pdfpc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pdfpc.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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