ChemDraw Alternatives for Linux
ChemDraw is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Chemaxon Marvin, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ChemDraw and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ChemDraw are ChemDoodle, BKchem, XDrawChem and Gnome Chemistry Utils.
Chemaxon Marvin
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
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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.
Chemaxon Marvin Features
Chemaxon Marvin vs ChemDraw opinions
Simple structures are needed.
0ChemDoodle
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
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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...
ChemDoodle vs ChemDraw opinions
JohnFastmanClosest thing to ChemDraw functionality and, unlike ChemDraw, it works natively on Linux. Sadly, the author has chosen a frustrating atom-first drawing mechanic which is hugely counterintuitive. But if you can learn to accept it, ChemDoodle is a respectable ChemDraw alternative (unless you need to draw pi complexes).
2Functionally equivalent and very similar in features. Very similar layout makes it very easy for chemists to switch
0BKchem
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Digital Painting Tool
12 alternatives to BKchem- Mac
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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.
BKchem Features
DiscontinuedThe last release was in 2010.
BKchem vs ChemDraw opinions
Very usefull software. You can paste images created with BKChem in a text processor or another open source graphical software like InkScape.
0JohnFastmanBKchem 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.
3XDrawChem
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
10 alternatives to XDrawChem- Mac
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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.
DiscontinuedLast release (1.10.2-1) was in January 2017.
XDrawChem vs ChemDraw opinions
More simply for use in class
0Gnome Chemistry Utils
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo17 alternatives to Gnome Chemistry Utils- Free • Open Source
- Linux
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. .
Gnome Chemistry Utils Features
JChemPaint
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
7 alternatives to JChemPaint- Mac
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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. There is a standalone application (editor), and two varieties of applet (editor and viewer) that...
JChemPaint Features
MollyCule
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
5 alternatives to MollyCule- Mac
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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.
DiscontinuedLast update appears to be August 2011.
Molsketch
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Vector Graphic App
8 alternatives to Molsketch- Windows
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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.
Molsketch Features