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By chihsheng3421 · Chrome Web Store · Workflow & Planning

Enhanced PDF reader for immersive academic reading experience

View on Chrome Web Store Fresh · Oct 31, 2026

Hover PDF has approximately 192 recorded users on Chrome Web Store, ranking #4526 of 5,946 tracked listings.

Users
~192
Public listing page · Oct 31, 2026
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Rank
#4526
Among tracked Chrome Web Store listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 3 ratings

About Hover PDF

Enhanced PDF reader for immersive academic reading experience

=========================================================== Hover is a minimalist PDF reader built for people who spend way too much time reading academic papers in the browser.

It strips away everything unnecessary and reimagines the entire academic reading experience with a cohesive next-generation UI system with a light-weight package and complete local experience.

0.10.4 Updates

  • Fixes:
  • Smooth scroll to internal links
  • Split mode drag mode works with tools with drag motion
  • Local document interception (regression from 0.10.3)
  • Spread button reflects state correctly (regression from 0.10.3)
  • Memory footprint optimization and various performance optimizations (switched to TS)

=========================================================== Features

  • Inline Citation Preview Hover over any citation and instantly see the full reference. Say goodbye to scrolling to the bottom of the page. Click once to browse the paper's abstract without ever leaving the current page.

  • The Navigation Ball A compact, beautifully designed controller that replaces the traditional toolbar clutter:

-- Left-click to open the standard toolbar -- Double-click to jump to the top of the document -- Drag vertically to scroll freely without touching your mouse wheel -- Drag horizontally to reveal the table of contents and jump to any section

  • Split Mode Open two views of the same paper side by side for cross-referencing methods with results, or appendix with the text.

  • Paper Trail system (Experimental): Tracks your trail from one paper to other through citation abstract preview jumps. Up to 8 trails can be saved, you can star trails to prevent them from being erased.

  • Action Tool system: Search tool button at the top-right corner now becomes an action button. Drawing tool: Smooth line drawing support that can be embedded into exported PDFs. Crop Tool: You can crop any area on the paper and get a high resolution rendering image to add to your clipboard. You can customize the default action tool in the settings.

  • Night Mode A true night mode that inverts and dims the entire page for late-night reading sessions.

  • Search With Range Limit any search to a specific page range or document section, so you're never wading through irrelevant results.

  • Persistent Annotations Highlights, underlines, and comments are saved directly into the PDF file. The annotations are fully compatible with other PDF readers and easy to share.

  • Direct BibTeX Access Copy any citation format, including BibTeX, with a single click from the Cite button.

  • Vim Keybindings Supports hjkl for scrolling, J/K for page navigation, and gg/G to jump to the top or bottom. More coverage coming soon.

  • Fully Customizable You can choose a wallpaper (upload or from url) and pick a color scheme for your navigation ball to make it feel like home.

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Adoption over time

Hover PDF users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 192 users as of Oct 31, 2026.Hover PDFUsers on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days~192users170180190200210220Aug 2Aug 17Sep 1Sep 16Oct 1Oct 16Oct 31usersOct 31, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 · 1 observations · Updated Oct 31, 2026pluginstats.com
Hover PDF users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 192 users as of Oct 31, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Hover PDF users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Hover PDFUsers growth on Chrome Web Store192users now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 31, 2026pluginstats.com
Hover PDF users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Hover PDF Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #4526 (by users).Hover PDFChrome Web Store ranking · by users · Last 90 days#4526current rank#4524#4525#4526#4527#4528Aug 2Aug 17Sep 1Sep 16Oct 1Oct 16Oct 31rankOct 31, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 · 1 observations · Updated Oct 31, 2026pluginstats.com
Hover PDF Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #4526 (by users).

Ratings over time

Hover PDF ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 3 ratings as of Oct 31, 2026.Hover PDFRatings on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days3ratings2.72.82.933.13.23.3Aug 2Aug 17Sep 1Sep 16Oct 1Oct 16Oct 31ratingsOct 31, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 · 1 observations · Updated Oct 31, 2026pluginstats.com
Hover PDF ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 3 ratings as of Oct 31, 2026.

Listing placement

All Chrome Web Store5,945 listings · 298 pages · 1,488 shown · page 227, #6 (overall #4,526)
All Chrome Web Store: every listing in users order

Listing placement

Workflow & Planning1,080 listings · 54 pages · page 45, #17 (overall #897)
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Users on a linear scale. Placement is projected from users, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

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Data source

Covers every Chrome Web Store extension with at least 100 users, found through the store's public sitemap. User counts are read from public listing pages. The 10% most-used extensions are refreshed daily, the next 40% weekly and the next 40% monthly; the least-used 10% are not refreshed. Google displays rounded user counts (and caps the display at 10,000,000+), so small changes may not be visible. Rating counts above 1,000 are rounded (e.g. 1.6K).

Listing: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hover-pdf/cpnjpgkmfmdnfaonlhmfaalojnilnilg. First seen Oct 31, 2026; last successful collection Oct 31, 2026. See the methodology.