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The project was created to provide a way for viewing PDF documents natively in the web browser, which prevents potential security risks when opening PDF documents outside a browser, as the code for displaying the document is [[sandboxed]] in a browser.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=2011-06-24 |title=Mozilla eyes hassle-free PDFs on the Web |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/mozilla-eyes-hassle-free-pdfs-on-the-web/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> Its implementation uses the [[Canvas element]] from [[HTML5]], which allows for fast rendering speeds.<ref name=":2" />
PDF.js is also used in [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=810815 - Integrate pdf.js to Thunderbird|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=810815|access-date=2022-01-28|website=bugzilla.mozilla.org|language=en}}</ref> [[ownCloud]],<ref>{{Citation|title=owncloud/files_pdfviewer|date=2020-02-08|url=https://github.com/owncloud/files_pdfviewer|publisher=ownCloud|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> [[Nextcloud]],<ref>{{Citation|title=nextcloud/files_pdfviewer|date=2020-03-18|url=https://github.com/nextcloud/files_pdfviewer|publisher=Nextcloud|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_pdfviewer|title=PDF viewer - Apps - App Store - Nextcloud|website=apps.nextcloud.com|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> and is available as a browser extension for [[Google Chrome]]/[[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm|title=PDF Viewer|website=Chrome Web Store}}</ref> [[Pale Moon (web browser)|Pale Moon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Add-ons - Moon PDF Viewer|url=https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/moon-pdf-viewer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103222159/https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/moon-pdf-viewer/|archive-date=January 3, 2020|access-date=May 4, 2021|website=Pale Moon - Add-ons}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=IsaacSchemm/pdf.js-seamonkey: SeaMonkey fork of pdf.js|url=https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/pdf.js-seamonkey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206160734/https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/pdf.js-seamonkey|archive-date=December 6, 2020|access-date=May 4, 2021|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> and [[SeaMonkey]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|title=PDF Viewer for SeaMonkey|url=https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/addon/pdf-js-for-seamonkey|website=Add-ons for SeaMonkey|date=25 April 2020|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113054940/https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/addon/pdf-js-for-seamonkey|url-status=dead}}</ref>
It can be integrated or embedded in a web or native application to enable PDF rendering and viewing, and allows advanced usages such as [[Server-side rendering]].
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