Avogadro (software)

Avogadro
Avogadro logo
Initial release	February 29, 2008;17 years ago (2008-02-29)
Stable release	1.102.1 / 27 October 2025
Repository	github.com/openchemistry/avogadrolibs
Written in	C++ (Qt)
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Size	85.3 MB
Available in	14 languages
List of languages Chinese, English, French, Hungarian, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukranian
Type	Molecule editor
License	GPL v2
Website	avogadro.cc , superseded by two.avogadro.cc

Avogadro is a molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is extensible via a plugin architecture. ^[5]

Features

Space-filling model of loratadine created using Avogadro.

• Molecule builder-editor for Windows, Linux, Unix, and macOS.
• All source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
• Supported languages include: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Polish.
• Supports multi-threaded rendering and computation.
• Plugin architecture for developers, including rendering, interactive tools, commands, and Python scripts.
• OpenBabel import of files, input generation for multiple computational chemistry packages, X-ray crystallography, and biomolecules.

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Molden
• Gabedit
• Molekel
• PyMol
• Jmol
• RasMol
• SAMSON
• UCSF Chimera
• Molecular design software
• List of quantum chemistry and solid state physics software
• List of molecular graphics systems
• Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling
• Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment (ECCE)
• Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD)
• Ghemical

References

1. Hanwell, Marcus D; Curtis, Donald E; Lonie, David C; Vandermeersch, Tim; Zurek, Eva; Hutchison, Geoffrey R (2012). "Avogadro: An advanced semantic chemical editor, visualization, and analysis platform". J. Cheminform. 4 (1): 17. doi: 10.1186/1758-2946-4-17 . PMC   3542060 . PMID   22889332.
2. Ral Mera-Adasme; Fernando Mendizbal; Claudio Olea-Azar; Sebastin Miranda-Rojas; Patricio Fuentealba (2011). "A Computationally Efficient and Reliable Bond Order Measure". J. Phys. Chem. A. 115 (17): 4397–4405. Bibcode:2011JPCA..115.4397M. doi:10.1021/jp107498h. hdl: 10533/131936 . PMID   21469689.
3. Michael Salciccioli; Weiting Yu; Mark A. Barteau; Jingguang G. Chen; Dionisios G. Vlachos (2011). "Differentiation of O–H and C–H Bond Scission Mechanisms of Ethylene Glycol on Pt and Ni/Pt Using Theory and Isotopic Labeling Experiments". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (20): 7996–8004. doi:10.1021/ja201801t. PMID   21526776.
4. Open Babel documentation Author: Geoffrey R Hutchison; Noel M O'Boyle; Blue Obelisk (organization)
5. Avogadro website

External links

• Old website
• Official website