Windows 10 / 11
Coming soon
Windows
Signed setup with auto-update built in. Portable ZIP also coming.
PDF CENTRAL Part of the DataHaat suite
Read every PDF. On every device.
A fast, free PDF reader from DataHaat — tabbed reading, instant full-document search, thumbnails, bookmarks and clickable links. It opens big files in a blink, and quietly keeps itself up to date.
Free, no account
Windows · Linux · Android
Auto-updates
Opens a 500-page PDF in under a second
Download PDF Central
One reader. Every platform you work on.
The same PDF Central on your Windows desktop, your Linux workstation and your Android phone — powered by the same PDFium engine that renders PDFs in Chrome. Builds are being signed and polished right now — downloads land here very soon.
Ubuntu · Fedora · Arch
Coming soon
Linux
Self-contained — no runtime to install. AppImage for one-file runs.
Android 8.0+
Coming soon
Android
Signed APK for sideloading, plus the Play Store (soon).
What's inside
Everything a reader should do. Nothing it shouldn't.
Focused, not bloated — the DataHaat way. PDF Central does the reading essentials properly and gets out of your way.
Blazing fast
PDFium rendering with virtualized pages — only what's on screen is drawn, so huge files scroll smoothly.
Tabbed reading
Open a whole folder of PDFs in tabs, drag & drop to add more, and jump between them instantly.
Full-text search
Search the entire document live, with match counts, highlight-all and next/previous — even in long reports.
Bookmarks & links
Navigate the document outline from a side panel, and click internal jumps and web links right in the page.
Thumbnails
A live thumbnail rail for the whole document — see where you are and leap to any page in one click.
Select, copy, print
Precise text selection across pages, copy to clipboard, zoom, rotate and print with page ranges.
Keeps itself current
PDF Central checks DataHaat for new releases and updates in place — you're always on the latest.
Free & India-first
No cost, no account, no ads. Built by DataHaat for the way India works, on the devices you already own.
Always up to date
Updates that just happen.
When DataHaat ships a new version, PDF Central notices, downloads it in the background and installs it on the next launch — no hunting for downloads, no reinstalling.
1
Checks quietly. On start-up PDF Central asks DataHaat if there's a newer version — a tiny, private request, nothing else.
2
Downloads in the background. If there's an update, it fetches the signed installer and verifies its SHA-256 before touching anything.
3
Installs on your say-so. You get a one-line prompt; approve it and the new version is in place in seconds, tabs and all.
Changelog
What's new
v1.1.019 Aug 2026
- New bookmarks / document-outline side panel
- Clickable internal jumps and web links, with hover highlight
- Cross-platform editions for Linux and Android (early access)
- Self-update from DataHaat with SHA-256 verification
v1.0.019 Aug 2026
- First release — tabbed continuous reading, thumbnails
- Full-document search, text selection and copy
- Zoom, rotate, fit-width / fit-page and printing
- Encrypted-PDF password support
Get PDF Central.
Free, fast and on every device you own. Downloads are nearly here — ask us to send you the link the day they ship.