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Nighthawk PDF Reader
Blazing fast C++ PDF reader with biological dark mode.
Download Nighthawk PDF Reader, the best lightweight PDF reader for PC. Completely free, blazing fast, with biological dark mode and advanced annotation features.Nighthawk is a wildly fast, local-first PDF reader built on native C++. Zero bloat, instant rendering via Direct2D, and an intelligent "biological dark mode" that protects image colors while inverting text to save your eyes. 100% free and offline.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Sriram, the maker of Nighthawk PDF Reader.
I built Nighthawk out of sheer frustration. Adobe Acrobat takes 5 seconds to load, uses hundreds of MBs of RAM, and pushes cloud subscriptions for basic features. Other free alternatives have terrible UI or bad scrolling performance.
I wanted a reader that was instant, beautiful, and completely offline.
Nighthawk is written in pure C++ and uses hardware-accelerated Direct2D. It renders 1000-page textbooks instantly. More importantly, it features a true "Biological Dark Mode" that intelligently inverts the glaring white background of PDFs while preserving the actual colors of images and diagrams.
It's 100% free, no accounts, no telemetry. Would love your feedback on the rendering speeds!
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About Nighthawk PDF Reader on Product Hunt
“Blazing fast C++ PDF reader with biological dark mode.”
Nighthawk PDF Reader was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #158 on the daily leaderboard. Download Nighthawk PDF Reader, the best lightweight PDF reader for PC. Completely free, blazing fast, with biological dark mode and advanced annotation features.Nighthawk is a wildly fast, local-first PDF reader built on native C++. Zero bloat, instant rendering via Direct2D, and an intelligent "biological dark mode" that protects image colors while inverting text to save your eyes. 100% free and offline.
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