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| style="vertical-align:top;padding:1ex;border-radius:1em;border:4px solid aquamarine;"| <span style="font-size:1.3em;">'''Jmol'''</span> is an open-source viewer for three-dimensional chemical structures, with features for chemicals, crystals, materials and biomolecules.  
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| style="vertical-align:top;padding:1ex;border-radius:1em;border:4px solid aquamarine;"| <span style="font-size:1.3em;">'''Jmol'''</span> is an open-source viewer for three-dimensional chemical structures, with features for chemicals, biomolecules, crystals and materials. It runs as a stand-alone application using Java.
| style="vertical-align:top;padding:1ex;border-radius:1em;border:4px solid #7CC049;"|<span style="font-size:1.3em;">'''JSmol'''</span> is a fully functional implementation of Jmol that does not require Java and runs in any modern (HTML5) web browser. That includes Firefox, Chrome, Opera, MSIE(9+), and Safari on Apple MacOS and iOS (iPad and iPhone). Performance may be a little slower than Java, but it is amazingly fast for JavaScript.  
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See <span style="font-size:1.5em;">[[JSmol]]</span> for more details.
 
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| colspan="2" | Features include reading a variety of file types, including PyMOL session files and output from quantum chemistry programs, file writing (including JPG, PNG, PNGJ (PNG+ZIP), and ZIP formats), and animation of multi-frame files and computed normal modes from quantum programs, surfaces, translucency, full Jmol [{{StOlaf}}docs scripting], and localization in 40+ languages.
 
 
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Some prominent features that make Jmol/JSmol stand out from alternative software are:
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* Possibility of embedding it in web pages, using standard JavaScript only (no plug-ins of complements need to be installed). Different elements in the page can be made to interact with the content in JSmol, providing an interactive multimedia product that offers both guided content and open exploration.
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* Extensive programming capability to customize the molecular view as well as retrieve and manipulate information from the molecule, using the '''[{{StOlaf}}docs Jmol scripting language]'''. This is a full programming language including variables, loops, conditionals, logical and math operations, custom functions.. in addition to understanding the identities and properties of atoms, bonds, polymeric chains... belonging to molecules.
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* Localization in 40+ languages.
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* Multiplatform (Windows PC, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
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* Open source code ([[License]]).
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Features include reading [[File_formats|a variety of file types]], including also PyMOL session files and output from quantum chemistry programs, file writing (including JPG, PNG, PNGJ (PNG+ZIP), and ZIP formats), and animation of multi-frame files and computed normal modes from quantum programs.
  
 
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Jmol is an open-source viewer for three-dimensional chemical structures, with features for chemicals, biomolecules, crystals and materials. It runs as a stand-alone application using Java. JSmol is a fully functional implementation of Jmol that runs in any current web browser (without Java). It also works on mobile devices, within the limits of screen dimensions and processing power.

See JSmol for more details.

Some prominent features that make Jmol/JSmol stand out from alternative software are:

  • Possibility of embedding it in web pages, using standard JavaScript only (no plug-ins of complements need to be installed). Different elements in the page can be made to interact with the content in JSmol, providing an interactive multimedia product that offers both guided content and open exploration.
  • Extensive programming capability to customize the molecular view as well as retrieve and manipulate information from the molecule, using the Jmol scripting language. This is a full programming language including variables, loops, conditionals, logical and math operations, custom functions.. in addition to understanding the identities and properties of atoms, bonds, polymeric chains... belonging to molecules.
  • Localization in 40+ languages.
  • Multiplatform (Windows PC, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
  • Open source code (License).

Features include reading a variety of file types, including also PyMOL session files and output from quantum chemistry programs, file writing (including JPG, PNG, PNGJ (PNG+ZIP), and ZIP formats), and animation of multi-frame files and computed normal modes from quantum programs.

The recommended way to cite Jmol is:

Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D. http://www.jmol.org/
JSmol: an open-source HTML5 viewer for chemical structures in 3D. http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/JSmol

Remember to always use uppercase 'J', uppercase 'S', lowercase 'mol' (explanation).

If you prefer, a list of articles that describe Jmol can be found in the Jmol Literature section.

This is the homepage for the Jmol Community Wiki. Here the community of users can discuss everything that has to do with Jmol and JSmol. You are welcome to browse around and to add new pages, extra information, comments, questions, links to useful examples of Jmol use or Jmol scripting, or whatever else you think is relevant. If you want to participate, you must become a user in the Wiki.

More official, general and static information about Jmol is available in the Jmol web site. (But content there is currently quite outdated)


Pages on this Wiki

About Jmol and JSmol
Recycling Corner
  • Recycling Corner
    • Logos, Banners, Icons
    • Templates for web pages
    • Scripts you may reuse or adapt
    • Customizing JSmol menus
Jmol / JSmol Applications
Jmol/JSmol Community
Installing Jmol / JSmol
Running Jmol / JSmol
Jmol / JSmol Tutorials
Jmol/JSmol Development
Jmol + JSmol Documentation