VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics Alternatives

Alternatives list

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

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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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   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Rasmol

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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

   

   

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

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

   

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Wine

   

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    CellWalk

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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
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Canada

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS

    • Canada

    

    

    

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