What is tableau reader?

Tableau Reader is a desktop app that was developed to be used for opening and interacting with data visualizations. Tableau reader was created when Tableau was still starting up and it is a free product. It helps an organization in governing how analytic content is to be shared and distributed. Content creators and analyst makes use of this free application to distribute the contents they developed in Tableau desktop. Tableau reader was once the only option for sharing and distributing interactive content with others that need it within a group. This was possible even without having access to Tableau Desktop.