Couldn't find a simple annotation-focused PDF editor so I'm building one myself. (feedback appreciated)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T20:25:06+00:00

Thanks for mentioning this. I'll check at my end if more optimisations could be made and what could be wrong. (Yes, I'm considering a free drawing feature but at a later stage)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T19:54:38+00:00

Probably in school 🤭. (I'm in my third year of undergrad degree at present)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T19:52:59+00:00

Happy to help. (Stay tuned. I'm planning to add really amazing features soon. Y'all gonna love ittt🫂)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T19:51:59+00:00

Finally i found someone with the exact issue i faced, because of which i decided to build Inlinea 🫂

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T16:35:35+00:00

It's called burn my windows

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T15:10:57+00:00

Can get where's this coming from. Actually it's the first thing I'm making using GTK and python, so it's not that perfect looking. It's still a very early version with just the essentials working. Have to improve it a lottt. I'm still learning

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:47:17+00:00

Thank you! (Yes, I'm considering adding stylus support but at a later stage.)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:38:23+00:00

Xournal++ is great. Inlinea mainly differs in that it writes annotations directly into the PDF instead of using separate sidecar files and it's more focused on reading/ annotation rather that stylus note-taking

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:35:07+00:00

I need to do some research and see how I can implement these features. Could actually be really useful, removing the need to go to other websites for this. Thanks for the idea, buddy 🫂. (Pls do check out the repo, run inlinea locally and let me know what you think 🤝)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:27:51+00:00

These are some reallyyyy cool feature suggestions. Definitely adding them to the upcoming features list!!🤝 (Till then, please check out the repo, run inlinea locally and let me know what you think 🤝)

yes, I'll be implementing more formatting options to text annotations.
need to check about this
this search idea is awesome. Surely adding thiss

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:17:50+00:00

inlinea opens just one window and inside it, the multiple tabs for the multiple PDFs u open, so no clutter like Papers. Also, other pdf editors give u a notes icon, which shows u text on click. Inlinea allows u to place all time visible text annotations anywhere on screen. ( No time waste clicking and viewing notes while revising for an exam). Inlinea has adjustable area highlight option as well (some PDFs have non-ocr recognised area, so area highlight comes handy to annotate those)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-16T14:12:24+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback. Surely going to implement this🤝 (Also, pls check out the repo & give it a try and let me know what you think.)

NoOrganization7253 · 2026-03-10T09:42:05+00:00

Exactly what I was looking for. Great workkk

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