VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics Alternatives

VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics is described as 'VMD is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics alternative is PyMOL. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Avogadro or Jmol. Other great apps like VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics are Rasmol, UCSF Chimera, Vipster and RasTop.

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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 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics.

    • PyMOL is the most popular Open Source & commercial alternative to VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics.

    • PyMOL is Paid and Open SourceVMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics 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 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics.

    • Avogadro is Free and Open SourceVMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics.

    • Vipster is Free and Open SourceVMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics is also Free and Open Source
    • Vipster is Privacy focusedVMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics is not according to our users
  7. RasTop icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. 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 VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics.

    • CellWalk is Freemium and ProprietaryVMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics is Free and Open Source
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