Avogadro Alternatives

Avogadro is described as 'Advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Avogadro for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Avogadro alternative is ChemistryLab, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Avogadro are Chemaxon Marvin, ACD/ChemSketch, PyMOL and Calistry.org.

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  1. ChemistryLab icon

    ChemistryLab

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    ChemistryLab is a chemical laboratory simulation application designed for the Android platform. It serves as a derivative version of the original ChemistryLab, developed by Tran Thanh Tùng, maintaining the same functionality while introducing modifications to the user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    • ChemistryLab is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Avogadro.

    • ChemistryLab is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Avogadro.

    • ChemistryLab is Free and Open SourceAvogadro is also Free and Open Source
  2. Chemaxon Marvin icon

    Chemaxon Marvin

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    Marvin suite is a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats.

    18 Chemaxon Marvin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    The co-factor NAD in 2D format in Marvin.
     
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    Marvin is only for 2D sketching, Avogadro offers vastly more functionality

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Avogadro.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is Free and ProprietaryAvogadro is Free and Open Source
  4. ACD/ChemSketch icon

    ACD/ChemSketch

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    ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications.

    16 ACD/ChemSketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  5. PyMOL icon

    PyMOL

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    PyMOL is a powerful and comprehensive molecular visualization product for rendering and animating 3D molecular structures.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PyMOL screenshot 1
     

    • PyMOL is the most popular commercial alternative to Avogadro.

    • PyMOL is Paid and Open SourceAvogadro is Free and Open Source
  6. Calistry.org icon

    Calistry.org

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    Calistry is an online Chemistry Calculator. Till date Calistry contains 70+ calculators in the field of Chemistry. Everything in the website is entirely free to use. Other than calculators, Calistry also provides online molecular viewers that visualizes coordinate file of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    Calistry.org
     

    • Calistry.org is the most popular Web-based alternative to Avogadro.

    • Calistry.org is Free and ProprietaryAvogadro is Free and Open Source
  7. Gnome Chemistry Utils icon

    Gnome Chemistry Utils

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    The Gnome Chemistry Utils include six chemistry related programs:

    • GChemPaint, a 2D chemical formula editor.
    • a chemical calculator (computes raw formule, molar weight, mass composition and isotopic pattern).
    • a molecule 3d viewer using OpenGL to display molecular models. .
    22 Gnome Chemistry Utils alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Gnome Chemistry Utils screenshot 1
     
  9. BKchem icon

    BKchem

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    BKChem is a free (as in free software :o) chemical drawing program. It was conceived and written by Beda Kosata and is currently maintained by Reinis Danne.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    BKchem screenshot 1
     
  10. Jmol icon

    Jmol

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    Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. It is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Unix systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Acetic acid using CPK colors and spacefilled atoms.
     
  11. Rasmol icon

    Rasmol

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    RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used primarily for the depiction and exploration of biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Image export options
    Protein viewed as cartoon
     
  12. UCSF Chimera icon

    UCSF Chimera

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    UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  13. QuteMol icon

    QuteMol

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    QuteMol is an open source (GPL), interactive, high quality molecular visualization system. QuteMol exploits the current GPU capabilites through OpenGL shaders to offers an array of innovative visual effects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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