Foxit Reader The company's first product,
Foxit Reader, was released in 2004. Foxit Reader 3.0 offers comparable functionality to Adobe Reader. Older versions were notable for their speed and small file sizes. Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016. The software is pre-installed on Windows PCs from HP, Acer, and ASUS. Foxit released version 9.0 in 2017. The software is available as a freeware download for PCs running
Windows 7 (or later),
MacOS and older versions of
Linux. The Foxit installer was bundled with
potentially unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and
OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware
Conduit. In July 2014, the
Internet Storm Center reported that the mobile version for
iPhone was transmitting unencrypted telemetry and other data to remote servers located in
China despite users attempting to opt out of such data collection.
Foxit PhantomPDF Foxit PhantomPDF, a multi-feature PDF editor, was released in 2008. Foxit PhantomPDF has an interface that holds many advanced PDF editing and security features. Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016.
ConnectedPDF ConnectedPDF, released in 2016, extends the traditional portable document format by associating a unique identifier with each PDF, thereby enabling capabilities such as file update notifications, document locating and tracking, shared and synchronized review and mark-up, and remote
digital rights management and protection. ConnectedPDF is not a stand-alone product. Functionality is embedded within some of Foxit's PDF software products. ConnectedPDF is included in the latest releases of Foxit PhantomPDF (version ≥8), Foxit Reader (version ≥8) and Foxit MobilePDF (version ≥5).
Gmail and
Google Chrome. The company has also developed the rendering engine for Google's open-source PDFium project.
SDKs Foxit also provides a variety of PDF
software development kits (SDKs) for developers wanting to create custom PDF applications. == Industry association memberships ==