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ChemCanvas

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

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  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Windows
  • Python
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Install from the command line

  • flatpak install flathub io.github.ksharindam.chemcanvas

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is ChemCanvas?

The most intuitive open source 2D chemical drawing tool.

This is targeted to be the most intuitive open source 2D chemical drawing tool. You can draw organic chemical structures and reactions very easily and quickly.

Features:

  • Import from and export to SMILES, MDL Molefile, Marvin Document (MRV), ChemDraw XML (CDXML)
  • In future more chemical file formats will be supported
  • Save to PNG, SVG and Editable SVG
  • Many bond types including wavy bond, Cis/Trans, Bold double, Any Bond etc.
  • Atom, Bond and other objects coloring support
  • Aromaticity detection and add delocalization ring