asciiMol – terminal-based molecule viewer

asciiMol is a terminal-based molecule viewer written in Python.

It uses the ncurses library to display molecular structures as ASCII graphics, making it useful for inspecting chemistry data directly from a terminal, including remote sessions where a graphical molecule viewer isn’t convenient.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Opens standard Cartesian .xyz molecule files.
• Provides an orthographic view for inspecting molecular structures.
• Supports navigation, zooming, rotation, and auto-rotation.
• Detects and displays bonds between atoms.
• Supports simple .xyz trajectories, with optional ASE and RDKit integration for more formats and SMILES.

Website: github.com/dewberryants/asciiMol
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Developer: Dominik Behrens
License: BSD 2-Clause License

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