Rasmol Alternatives

Rasmol is described as 'RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used primarily for the depiction and exploration of biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Rasmol for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Rasmol alternative is PyMOL. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Avogadro or Calistry.org. Other great apps like Rasmol are UGENE, Jmol, UCSF Chimera and QuteMol.

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Rasmol alternatives page was last updated Dec 2, 2024
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  1. PyMOL icon
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    PyMOL

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    PyMOL is a powerful and comprehensive molecular visualization product for rendering and animating 3D molecular structures.

    10 PyMOL alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • PyMOL is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Rasmol.

    • PyMOL is the most popular Open Source & commercial alternative to Rasmol.

    • PyMOL is Paid and Open SourceRasmol is Free and Open Source
  2. Avogadro icon
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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.

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    A simple molecule in a small Avogadro window.

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Viewing a slightly more complex molecule, vemurafenib.
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    • Avogadro is the most popular free alternative to Rasmol.

    • Avogadro is Free and Open SourceRasmol is also Free and Open Source
  4. Calistry.org icon
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    Calistry.org

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    Calistry is an online Chemistry Calculator. Till date Calistry contains 70+ calculators in the field of Chemistry. Everything in the website is entirely free to use. Other than calculators, Calistry also provides online molecular viewers that visualizes coordinate file of...

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    Calistry.org

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    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    GROMACS gro/LAMMPS dump file online visualiser.
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    Calistry.org VS Rasmol

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    • Calistry.org is the most popular Web-based & Android alternative to Rasmol.

    • Calistry.org is Free and ProprietaryRasmol is Free and Open Source
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    UGENE

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    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    25 UGENE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UGENE Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
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  6. Jmol icon
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    Jmol

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    Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. It is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Unix systems.

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    Acetic acid using CPK colors and spacefilled atoms.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Display of bounding box and axes of coordinates space. Note the transparency of the yellow halo around selected atoms.
    The electrostatic potential of allene mapped onto a translucent surface
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    An SN2 reaction animation with the distance measured between the chlorine and carbon atoms
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  7. UCSF Chimera icon
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    UCSF Chimera

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    UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data.

    8 UCSF Chimera alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. QuteMol icon
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    QuteMol

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    QuteMol is an open source (GPL), interactive, high quality molecular visualization system. QuteMol exploits the current GPU capabilites through OpenGL shaders to offers an array of innovative visual effects.

    6 QuteMol alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics icon
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    VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics

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    VMD is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.

    7 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Vipster icon
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    Vipster

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    Vipster is a powerful and versatile tool for pre- and post-processing of periodic chemical structures. It's designed from the ground up with periodic simulations in mind.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
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    • Vipster is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Rasmol.

    • Vipster is Free and Open SourceRasmol is also Free and Open Source
    • Vipster is Privacy focusedRasmol is not according to our users
  12. RasTop icon
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    RasTop

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    RasTop is a molecular visualization software adapted from the program RasMol, which was initially developed by Roger Sayle. RasTop is particularly adapted for educational purposes and for the rapid analysis of macromolecules at the bench.

    11 RasTop alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    RasTop Features

    1.  Rendering
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  13. VESTA icon
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    VESTA

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    VESTA is a 3D visualization program for structural models, volumetric data such as electron/nuclear densities, and crystal morphologies.

    3 VESTA alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    VESTA Features

    1.  2D and 3D physics
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  14. CLC Main Workbench icon
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    CLC Main Workbench

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    QIAGEN CLC Main Workbench is ideal for DNA, RNA, & protein sequence data analysis with a wide variety of features, no advanced computer skills required! The workbench is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux

    CLC Main Workbench Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
    2.  Sequencing
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