Free ChemDraw Alternatives
The best free alternative to ChemDraw is Marvin. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ChemDraw and ten of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to ChemDraw are BKchem (Free, Open Source), XDrawChem (Free, Open Source), JChemPaint (Free, Open Source) and MollyCule (Free, Open Source).
- 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... View 13 alternatives to Marvin
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Marvin vs ChemDraw
Simple structures are needed. - 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. View 11 alternatives to BKchem
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BKchem vs ChemDraw
Very usefull software. You can paste images created with BKChem in a text processor or another open source graphical software like InkScape.JohnFastman BKchem is an old attempt at replacing some of ChemDraw's functionality. It succeeded partially in providing some of ChemDraw's very core chemical structure drawing features. Unfortunately, BKchem has seen no new development since 2010, leaving it in limbo. - XDrawChem is a two-dimensional molecule drawing program for Unix operating systems. View 9 alternatives to XDrawChem
Discontinued
Last release (1.10.2-1) was in January 2017.
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XDrawChem vs ChemDraw
More simply for use in class - JChemPaint is an editor and viewer for chemical structures in 2D. It is free and open source software, written in Java and so it runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix systems. View 6 alternatives to JChemPaint
- MollyCule is a completely free Open Source Chemistry visualisation program for MacOS, Linux and Windows. View 4 alternatives to MollyCule
- ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush... View 12 alternatives to ACD/ChemSketch
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ACD/ChemSketch vs ChemDraw
JohnFastman A good alternative to ChemDraw in very limited circumstances: 1) you need it on Windows only, 2) You don't have to collaborate with ChemDraw users, 3) You don't mind looking at a confusing, dated interface. Otherwise, fine. - MolView is an intuitive, Open-Source web-application to make science and education more awesome! View 1 alternatives to MolViewNo screenshots yet
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- The Gnome Chemistry Utils include six chemistry related programs: - GChemPaint, a 2D chemical formula editor. View 13 alternatives to Gnome Chemistry Utils
- Free chemical structure drawing program for Windows. Will also run in Linux using WINE. Produced by SimulationsPlus. View 4 alternatives to MedChem Designer
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- Cool Chemistry Tool - educational app for Students. View 13 alternatives to ChemikNo screenshots yet
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Chemik vs ChemDraw
It is not possible to draw chemical structuresJohnFastman ChemDraw is specifically intended for drawing chemical structures to include in documents, presentations and beyond. Chemik is specifically not intended for that and therefore can't be a replacement. (Also, the Chemik website has an explainer Youtube video which is blocked in Denmark on copyright grounds - very useful!)