VESTA Alternatives
VESTA is described as '3D visualization program for structural models, volumetric data such as electron/nuclear densities, and crystal morphologies' and is an app in the Education & Reference category. There are three alternatives to VESTA for Linux, Mac and Windows. The best alternative is Avogadro, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VESTA are Jmol (Free, Open Source) and Rasmol (Free, Open Source).
- Avogadro is an advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas.
- 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.
- 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.