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Avogadro

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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.

A simple molecule in a small Avogadro window.

License model

  • Free • Open Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
Viewing a slightly more complex molecule, vemurafenib.
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  • molecule-editor
  • dna-editor
  • chemistry

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  • Developed by

    US flagOpenChemistry

  • Licensing

    Open Source (BSD-3-Clause) and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  523 Stars
  •  191 Forks
  •  127 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 20, 2025 
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What is Avogadro?

Avogadro is an advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible high quality rendering and a powerful plugin architecture.

This documentation site is for Avogadro 2, currently in development.

  • Free, Open Source: Easy to install and all source code and documentation is available to modify or extend.
  • International: Translations into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and others, with more languages to come.
  • Intuitive: Built to work easily for students and advanced researchers both.
  • Fast: Supports multi-threaded rendering and computation.
  • Extensible: Plugin architecture for developers, including rendering, interactive tools, commands, and Python scripts.

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