This is targeted to be the most intuitive opensource 2D chemical drawing tool.
You can draw organic chemical structures and reactions very easily and quickly.
Available to download for Windows and Linux (AppImage, Flatpak, Snap)

Features

  • Popular file formats support - SMILES, Molefile, Marvin MRV, ChemDraw CDXML
  • Save to PNG, SVG and Editable SVG
  • Wide variety of bond types including wavy bond, Cis/Trans, Bold double, Any Bond etc.
  • Large set of templates and user templates support
  • Aromaticity detection and add delocalization ring

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Categories

Chemistry

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Science/Research

User Interface

Qt

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Chemistry Software

Registered

2025-06-03