Avogadro (software)

Avogadro is a molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas.^[2][3][4][5] It is extensible via a plugin architecture.^[6]

Avogadro

Avogadro logo
Initial release	February 29, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-02-29)
Stable release	1.100.0 / 22 January 2025
Preview release	Avogadro 2 1.95.1 / August 26, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-26)[1]
Repository	sourceforge.net/projects/avogadro
Written in	C++ (Qt)
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Size	11.3 MB
Available in	8 languages
List of languages Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Polish
Type	Molecule editor
License	GPL v2
Website	avogadro.cc two.avogadro.cc

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