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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Avogadro is an advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas.

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Avogadro alternatives page was last updated Nov 25, 2024
  1. ChemistryLab icon
     6 likes

    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...

    19 ChemistryLab alternatives
    ChemistryLab screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    ChemistryLab iconAvogadro Icon

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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
     15 likes

    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.

    17 Chemaxon Marvin alternatives
    The co-factor NAD in 2D format in Marvin.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Chemaxon Marvin Features

    1.  Drag and Drop
    Chemaxon Marvin iconAvogadro Icon

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    Comments about Chemaxon Marvin as an Alternative to Avogadro
     
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    Marvin is only for 2D sketching, Avogadro offers vastly more functionality

    Negative commentJun 26, 2020
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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
  3. ACD/ChemSketch icon
     6 likes

    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.

    15 ACD/ChemSketch alternatives
    ACD/ChemSketch screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    ACD/ChemSketch iconAvogadro Icon

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  4. PyMOL icon
     1 like

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

    10 PyMOL alternatives
    PyMOL screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PyMOL iconAvogadro Icon

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    • PyMOL is the most popular commercial alternative to Avogadro.

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

    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...

    13 Calistry.org alternatives
    Calistry.org

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    Calistry.org iconAvogadro Icon

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

    • Calistry.org is Free and ProprietaryAvogadro is Free and Open Source
  6. Gnome Chemistry Utils icon
     4 likes

    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. .
    19 Gnome Chemistry Utils alternatives
    Gnome Chemistry Utils screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Gnome Chemistry Utils Features

    1.  Periodic table
    Gnome Chemistry Utils iconAvogadro Icon

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  7. BKchem icon
     9 likes

    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.

    14 BKchem alternatives
    BKchem screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    BKchem Features

    1.  2D and 3D physics
    Discontinued

    The last release was in 2010.

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  8. Jmol icon
     3 likes

    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.

    11 Jmol alternatives
    Acetic acid using CPK colors and spacefilled atoms.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Rasmol icon
     2 likes

    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.

    13 Rasmol alternatives
    Image export options
    Protein viewed as cartoon

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. UCSF Chimera icon
     2 likes

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

    8 UCSF Chimera alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    UCSF Chimera iconAvogadro Icon

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  11. QuteMol icon
     1 like

    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.

    6 QuteMol alternatives
    QuteMol screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    QuteMol iconAvogadro Icon

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  12. VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics icon
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    VMD is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.

    7 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics alternatives
    VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics iconAvogadro Icon

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