VMD

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for modeling, visualization, and analysis of biomolecule systems such as proteins, nuclear acids, and lipid bilayers. This application visualizes biomolecules by reading Protein Data Bank (PDB) files. It supports various options in rendering and coloring of molecules, and also can animate the result of a molecular dynamics simulation.

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Winmostar

  • Level of openness 2 ★★☆
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Integrated applications for quantum chemical, molecular dynamics, and first-principles calculations. Users can perform all the operations necessary for simulation by mouse operation, from creating input files, to performing calculations, to analyzing and displaying results. It supports open source software such as GAMESS, NWChem, Gromacs, LAMMPS, Quantum ESPRESSO and OpenMX, as well as industry-standard software such as MOPAC and Gaussian.

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Harlem

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source multi-purpose application for modeling and visualizing molecules (biomolecules, in particular). This application has been developed for multi-scale molecular simulation, and also provides a simple GUI for AMBER and Gaussian. It also implements exchange of protein residues and the Pathways model for the electron transfer in proteins. It calls rasmol for visualization of atoms and molecules.

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Facio

  • Level of openness 2 ★★☆
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An application for molecular modeling and visualization. This application can be used in cooperation with other applications such as TINKER, MSMS, Firefly, GAMESS, MOPAC, and Gaussian. In particular, this application is essential to visualization of the FMO calculation in GAMESS. It also supports graphical user interface for input-file preparation, dynamic image presentation of normal-mode vibration, and visualization of energies and structures near transition states.

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wxMacMolPlt

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for visualization developed for input and output of GAMESS. This application supports various types of input formats such as GAMESS, XYZ, MolDel, pdb, and CML as well as input by GUI and the Z-matrix format. It can visualize molecular orbitals, electron densities, electrostatic potentials, and normal modes, and can output results into various formats.

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kmos

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Application for specifying and simulating lattice kinetic Monte Carlo models. It has been developed in the context of simulating heterogeneous catalysis. Models can be specified using provided python APIs or through a simple GUI.

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Rasmol

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

A simple open-source application for visualization compatible to Protein Data Bank (PDB) format. This application also supports other formats such as Sybyl, Molden, Mopac, and CHARMM. It is a pioneering piece of software as an interactive PDB viewer.

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cdview

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for visualization of many-particle systems. With simple operation by graphical user interface (GUI) or by command line, this application can visualize particle positions obtained from molecular dynamics simulation as well as three-dimensional scalar quantities such as potential energies. It supports various display options on kinds and shapes of particles, and can also visualize bond formation between particles.

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GaussView

  • Level of openness 0 ☆☆☆
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An official Gaussian-series payware for molecular visualization. Must be used with Gaussian, the well-known software of quantum chemistry calculation. This application provides many functions such as molecular modeling, parameter setting, job management and visualization of calculation results. It also performs input file generation for Gaussian, and supports read/write of files with other formats such as Sybyl, Molden, PDB and CIF.

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ChemBio3D/Chem3D

  • Level of openness 0 ☆☆☆
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

A payware for modeling and visualizing molecules. This software includes a standard editor, ChemDraw, and can perform modeling from chemical structural formula. It implements structure optimization and molecular dynamics by molecular mechanics, and provides useful GUIs for MOPAC, Jaguar, GAMESS, and Gaussian. It can also perform spectroscopy analysis. It is included in high-end packages such as ChemBioOffice and ChemOffice.

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