Name
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Data
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License
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Technology
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Citations
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Comments
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Amira
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EM MM MRI Optical SMI XRD
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Proprietary[2]
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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[3][self-published source?]
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Based on OpenInventor/OpenGL; focusing on life and biomedical sciences.
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Ascalaph Designer
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MM MD QM
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Proprietary
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C++
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[4][self-published source?]
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Graphics, model building, molecular mechanics, quantum chemistry.
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Avizo
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EM MM MRI Optical SMI XRD
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Proprietary[5]
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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[6][self-published source?]
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Avizo is derived from Amira and focusing on materials science.
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Avogadro
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MM XRD MD
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Free open-source, GPL
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C++, Qt, extensible via Python modules
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BALL
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Molecular dynamics MM NMR
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LGPL open-source
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Standalone program
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[7]
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Cn3D
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Free open-source
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Standalone program
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[8]
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In the NCBI C++ toolkit
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Coot
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XRD
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Free open-source
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Gabedit
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XRD MM
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Free open-source
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C
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[9]
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Jmol
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Free open-source
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Java (applet or standalone program) Transpiled HTML5/JavaScript for browser
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[10][self-published source?]
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Supports advanced capabilities such as loading multiple molecules with independent movement, surfaces and molecular orbitals, cavity visualization, crystal symmetry
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MDL Chime
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Proprietary, free use noncommercial
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C++ browser plugin for Windows only
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[11][self-published source?]
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Build and visualize molecule and periodic systems (crystal, structures, fluids...), animate trajectories, visualize molecular orbitals, density, electrostatic potential... visualize graph such IR, NMR, dielectric and optical tensors.
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Molden
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MM XRD
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Proprietary, free use academic
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[12]
|
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Molecular Operating Environment (MOE)
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HM MD MM NA QM SMI XRD
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Proprietary
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Windows, Linux, OS X; SVL programming language
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Build, edit and visualise small molecules, macromolecules, protein-ligand complexes, crystal lattices, molecular and property surfaces. Platform for extensive collection of molecular modelling / drug discovery applications.
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Molekel
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MM XRD
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Free open-source
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Java 3D applet or standalone program
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Ovito
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MM XRD EM MD
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Free open-source
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Python
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[13][14]
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PyMOL
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MM XRD SMI EM
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Open-source[15]
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Python
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[16][self-published source?]
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According to the author, almost 1/4 of all published images of 3D protein structures in the scientific literature were made via PyMOL.[citation needed]
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RasMol
|
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Free open-source
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C standalone program
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[17][18][19][self-published source?]
|
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SAMSON
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MM MD SMI MRI
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Proprietary, limited free version
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Windows, Linux, Mac. C++ (Qt)
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[20]
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Computational nanoscience: life sciences, materials, etc. Modular architecture, modules termed SAMSON Elements.
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Sirius
|
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Free open-source
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Java 3D applet or standalone program
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No longer supported as of 2011.
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Scigress
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MM QM
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Proprietary[21]
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Standalone program
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[22]
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Edit, visualize and run simulations on various molecular systems.
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Spartan
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MM QM
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Proprietary[23]
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Standalone program
|
[24]
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Visualize and edit biomolecules, extract bound ligands from PDB files for further computational analysis, full molecular mechanics and quantum chemical calculations package with streamlined graphical user interface.
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UCSF Chimera
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XRD SMI EM MD
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Free open-source[25] for noncommercial use[26]
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Python
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[27][28][self-published source?]
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Includes single/multiple sequence viewer, structure-based sequence alignment, automatic sequence-structure crosstalk for integrated analyses.[29]
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VMD
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EM MD MM
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Free open-source for noncommercial use[30]
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C++
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[31][32][self-published source?]
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WHAT IF
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HM XRD
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Proprietary, shareware for academics
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Fortran, C, OpenGL, standalone
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[33][self-published source?]
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Old-fashioned interface; very good software for the experienced bioinformatician; nearly 2000 protein-structure related options; comes with 500 page writeup.
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YASARA
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HM NMR XRC
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Proprietary, limited free version
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C-assembly, Windows, Linux, Mac
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[34][self-published source?]
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Fully featured molecular modeling and simulation program, incl., structure prediction and docking. Graphical or text mode (clusters), Python interface.
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