MoleView: A Fast and lightweight plug-in for 3D molecular visualization

Molecule + Viewer = MoleView
View your molecule anywhere and anytime!

Installation

pip install moleview

or get the latest update

pip install git+https://github.com/moleview/moleview.git

Requirements

Python 3
NumPy
SciPy
Matplotlib
Plotly

Usage

moleview benzene.xyz
moleview benzene.xyz --plotly

Gallery

Screenshots of program:


Aspirin	Alanine tripeptide	C180

Development

What you can help improve MoleView :)

Is it possible to display the animation of a trajectory containing a number of structures?
Is it possible to increase MoleView's performance with GPU?
It would be great if MoleView can provide analysis functions, such as molecular orbitals, density, ...

All pull requests, issues, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Support and Citation

@software{Moleview2020,
    author = "Rangsiman Ketkaew",
    title  = "MoleView: A fast and lightweight plug-in for 3D molecular visualization",
    month  = "oct",
    year   = "2020",
    url   = "https://github.com/moleview/moleview"
}

Author

Rangsiman Ketkaew : rangsiman1993@gmail.com

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