BKchem Alternatives

BKchem is described as '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' and is a digital painting tool in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BKchem for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best BKchem alternative is ChemistryLab, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BKchem are Chemaxon Marvin, JChemPaint, Molsketch and ACD/ChemSketch.

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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 BKchem.

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

    • ChemistryLab is Free and Open SourceBKchem 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.
     

    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to BKchem.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is Free and ProprietaryBKchem is Free and Open Source
  4. JChemPaint icon

    JChemPaint

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    JChemPaint (or JCP for short here) is the editor and viewer for 2D chemical structures developed using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    JChemPaint screenshot 1
     
  5. Molsketch icon

    Molsketch

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    A 2D molecular editing tool for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Its goal is to help you draw molecules quick and easily. Of course your creations can be exported afterwards in high quality in a number of vector and bitmap formats.

    11 Molsketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Molsketch screenshot 1
     
  6. 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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  7. ChemDraw icon

    ChemDraw

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    ChemDraw is a communication suite for managing, reporting and presenting Chemistry research. Produce precise chemical structures with our premier chemical drawing solution.

    17 ChemDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    ChemDraw screenshot 1
     

    • ChemDraw is the most popular commercial alternative to BKchem.

    • ChemDraw is Paid and ProprietaryBKchem is Free and Open Source
  9. ChemCanvas icon

    ChemCanvas

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    A very intuitive, new 2D chemical drawing tool (Qt-based).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Windows
    • Python
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  10. Avogadro icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    A simple molecule in a small Avogadro window.
     
  11. 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. .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Gnome Chemistry Utils screenshot 1
     
  12. ChemDoodle icon

    ChemDoodle

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    If you are looking for a chemical sketcher or an alternative to your current chemical drawing application, there is no better choice than ChemDoodle. ChemDoodle works on all operating systems (both 32 and 64 bit), has one of the largest feature sets in the industry, has the most...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    ChemDoodle screenshot 1
     

    • ChemDoodle is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to BKchem.

    • ChemDoodle is Paid and ProprietaryBKchem is Free and Open Source
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    MollyCule

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    MollyCule is a completely free Open Source Chemistry visualisation program for MacOS, Linux and Windows. MollyCule is designed to be a nice, easy to use program to help ordinary people who want to explore Chemistry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Example visualisation of ATP.
     
  14. XDrawChem icon

    XDrawChem

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    XDrawChem is a free software program for drawing chemical structural formulas, available for Unix and Mac OS. It is distributed under the GNU GPL. In Microsoft Windows this program is called WinDrawChem.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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