chemscii 
A Python package for rendering chemical structures as ASCII/Unicode art in terminal interfaces and text-based environments.
Core Objectives:
- Parse common chemical structure formats (e.g., SMILES, SDF), names, and ChEMBL IDs
- Render 2D chemical structures as text-based visualizations
- Provide clean, readable output suitable for terminal display
Installation
Install via pip.
pip install chemscii
Development installation.
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate chemscii
poetry install
pre-commit install
Examples
Render Colchicine (by name)
$ chemscii colchicine --columns 100
Use chemscii as a Claude code tool
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