XDrawChem Alternatives

XDrawChem is described as 'Free software program for drawing chemical structural formulas, available for Unix and Mac OS. It is distributed under the GNU GPL. In Microsoft Windows this program is called WinDrawChem' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to XDrawChem for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best XDrawChem alternative is Chemaxon Marvin, which is free. Other great apps like XDrawChem are JChemPaint, Molsketch, ACD/ChemSketch and ChemDraw.

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  1. Chemaxon Marvin icon
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    Marvin suite is a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats.

    18 Chemaxon Marvin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to XDrawChem.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular free alternative to XDrawChem.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is Free and ProprietaryXDrawChem is Free and Open Source
  2. JChemPaint icon
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    JChemPaint (or JCP for short here) is the editor and viewer for 2D chemical structures developed using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
    • JChemPaint is the most popular Open Source alternative to XDrawChem.

    • JChemPaint is Free and Open SourceXDrawChem is also Free and Open Source
  3. Molsketch icon
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    A 2D molecular editing tool for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Its goal is to help you draw molecules quick and easily. Of course your creations can be exported afterwards in high quality in a number of vector and bitmap formats.

    11 Molsketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications.

    16 ACD/ChemSketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  5. ChemDraw icon
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    ChemDraw is a communication suite for managing, reporting and presenting Chemistry research. Produce precise chemical structures with our premier chemical drawing solution.

    17 ChemDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • ChemDraw is the most popular commercial alternative to XDrawChem.

    • ChemDraw is Paid and ProprietaryXDrawChem is Free and Open Source
  6. ChemCanvas icon
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    A very intuitive, new 2D chemical drawing tool (Qt-based).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Windows
    • Python
     
  7. 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
     
  8. BKchem icon
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    BKChem is a free (as in free software :o) chemical drawing program. It was conceived and written by Beda Kosata and is currently maintained by Reinis Danne.

    15 BKchem alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. ChemDoodle icon
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    If you are looking for a chemical sketcher or an alternative to your current chemical drawing application, there is no better choice than ChemDoodle. ChemDoodle works on all operating systems (both 32 and 64 bit), has one of the largest feature sets in the industry, has the most...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • ChemDoodle is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to XDrawChem.

    • ChemDoodle is Paid and ProprietaryXDrawChem is Free and Open Source
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    What's your favorite molecule? With ChemJuice, chemical structure drawing is now at your fingertips.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Ghemical icon
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    Ghemical is computational chemistry package, which is licensed under GNU GPL . The ghemical authors are listed here .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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