JChemPaint
File viewer and editor for chemical structures
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JChemPaint is computer software, a molecule editor and file viewer for chemical structures using 2D computer graphics.[1] It is free and open-source software, released under a GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It is written in Java and so can run on the operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix. There is a standalone application (editor), and two varieties of applet (editor and viewer) that can be integrated into web pages.
| JChemPaint | |
|---|---|
JChemPaint displays a chemical structural skeletal formula. | |
| Original author | Christoph Steinbeck |
| Developer | The CDK Project |
| Initial release | 2000 |
| Stable release | 3.3-1210 (September 24, 2012) [±] |
| Preview release | 3.4-beta (March 11, 2025) [±] |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix |
| Platform | Java SE |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Chemoinformatics |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | jchempaint |
| Repository | github |
JChemPaint was initiated by Christoph Steinbeck and is currently being developed as part of The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK), and a Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) based JChemPaint application is being developed, as part of Bioclipse.
