Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science and related areas. It offers a flexible rendering framework and a powerful plugin architecture.

Features

  • Cross-Platform: Molecular builder for Windows, Linux, and Mac
  • Free, Open Source: Easy to install and all source code is available (GNU GPL)
  • International: Translations into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and more
  • Intuitive: Built to work easily for students and advanced researchers both.
  • Fast: Supports multi-threaded rendering and computation.
  • Extensible: Plugin architecture for developers, including rendering, interactive tools, commands, and Python scripts
  • Flexible: Features include Open Babel import of chemical files, multiple computational packages, crystals, biomolecules, etc.

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License

Public Domain, Artistic License, GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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  • 2-3 years ago I would give this a 5 star. Today the state of this program is a complete mess and it sucks so bad I can't even use it. When they migrated to Avogadro2 holy crap did this program turn into one giant turd. Bugs and errors left and right. Random crashes. Can't install from source because it is throwing errors. All I wanted to do was draw one molecule, save it as a PDB, and use it. THAT'S IT. I now wasted 2 hours just trying to get it working on multiple computers and OSes and I'm thoroughly angry at the state of the program. It's complete trash now. How did you all mess it up this bad? This is a disaster compared to the older versions. And worse yet I only get the new Avogadro2 when I try to install via package manager. This used to be one of the best molecule drawing programs, but now it's just a complete pile of garbage and buggy. It's just not worth using anymore.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • I have seen my friend creating very nice science diagram using Avogadro, but when I tried to install it on my laptop, a message displaying MSVCR100.dll is missing appered and I couldnt use it. My laptop is 64Bit
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Literally created a Sourceforge account just to give 5 stars. Really easy to use and has good control over building and viewing features. The SolidWorks of molecules.
  • Thank you very much for the free open source program!
  • very convenience for research
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Cygwin, Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows

Languages

French, Italian, Catalan, English, Chinese (Traditional), Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), German, Spanish, Russian

Intended Audience

Science/Research, Education, Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

OpenGL, Qt

Programming Language

Python, C++

Related Categories

Python Molecular Science Software, Python Chemistry Software, Python Data Visualization Software, C++ Molecular Science Software, C++ Chemistry Software, C++ Data Visualization Software

Registered

2006-04-14