RasTop Alternatives

RasTop is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to RasTop for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best RasTop alternative is PyMOL. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Avogadro or UGENE. Other great apps like RasTop are Jmol, Rasmol, UCSF Chimera and QuteMol.

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

    11 PyMOL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • PyMOL is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to RasTop.

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

    • PyMOL is Paid and Open SourceRasTop is Free and Open Source
  2. Avogadro icon
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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
     
    • Avogadro is the most popular free alternative to RasTop.

    • Avogadro is Free and Open SourceRasTop is also Free and Open Source
  3. UGENE icon
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    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    25 UGENE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Jmol icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Rasmol icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. UCSF Chimera icon
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    UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. QuteMol icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Vipster icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Vipster is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to RasTop.

    • Vipster is Free and Open SourceRasTop is also Free and Open Source
    • Vipster is Privacy focusedRasTop is not according to our users
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    Space Ball is brilliant, bright game that put you into the beautiful scenery of open space. Astounding 3 -d effects, many traps and obstacles will keep you busy for hours of playing. You want to know how to play?!

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • Space Ball is the most popular Android alternative to RasTop.

    • Space Ball is Free Personal and ProprietaryRasTop is Free and Open Source
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. CellWalk icon
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    Explore detailed 3D cell biology down to the molecular level, or tour life’s molecular machines. CellWalk is a beautiful new way for students to learn biology.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
    • CellWalk is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to RasTop.

    • CellWalk is Freemium and ProprietaryRasTop is Free and Open Source
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