A simple application to extract and display comments from PDF files.

• Browse and select PDF files
• Extract comments from PDF files
• Display comments in a structured manner, organized by page
• Show author, date, and content for each comment
• Reset functionality for quick switching between files

Download the latest executable for your platform from the Releases page:

• Windows: PDFCommentViewer-Windows.exe
• macOS: PDFCommentViewer-MacOS.dmg
• Linux: PDFCommentViewer-Linux.tar.gz

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application:

python pdf_comment_viewer/main.py

See BUILDING.md for detailed instructions on how to build executables for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

1. The application allows you to select a PDF file by browsing
2. Once a PDF is selected, the application extracts all comments/annotations from the file
3. Comments are displayed in a structured format, organized by page number
4. For each comment, the application shows:
   • Comment number
   • Type of annotation (if available)
   • Author name
   • Date (if available)
   • Comment content
5. If no comments are found with the standard parser, an alternative parser is automatically used
6. If still no comments are found, diagnostic information is displayed

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