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MolGFX is a semantic molecular-rendering library for Python, Rust, and WebGPU. It renders structures supplied by MolFrame as interactive browser scenes or deterministic native images. MolGFX does not parse, fetch, dock, simulate, or open an application window.

MolGFX haemoglobin cartoon, heme, and local pocket

Install

python -m pip install --upgrade "molgfx[jupyter]>=0.3.0"

Render a structure

import molframe
import molgfx

# Infer bonds so atom-and-bond representations have sticks to draw.
structure = molframe.read("structure.cif").infer_bonds()
scene = molgfx.Scene(structure)
scene.add(molgfx.rep.cartoon(target=molgfx.sel.protein(), color=molgfx.color.chain()))
scene.add(molgfx.rep.ball_and_stick(target=molgfx.sel.ligands()))

molgfx.Renderer().render_image(scene, size=(1920, 1080)).save("structure.png")

Use molgfx.viewer.Workbench in Jupyter for a browser WebGPU canvas, selection commands, completion, history, and undo/redo. See the Workbench notebook for haemoglobin (PDB 4HHB).

Targets are MolFrame queries, and the Workbench console speaks a small command language around them:

show cartoon, protein
select pocket, byres (within 5 of resname HEM) and protein
show licorice, $pocket
color orange, $pocket

Writing queries and commands walks through both, and the MolFrame query reference lists every keyword.

Status

Beta. Public APIs are available through the molgfx facade; MolFrame provides structure input and molecular selection semantics.

License

MIT

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