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Chematic Draw

Desktop chemical structure editor for drawing molecules and reaction schemes and exporting chemical files and figures.

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Open source. 38 of 65 checklist features confirmed.

Main canvas

Chematic Draw main canvas, light mode
light mode
Chematic Draw main canvas, dark mode
dark mode

Default drawings

caffeine as drawn by Chematic Draw with default settings

Caffeine

paclitaxel as drawn by Chematic Draw with default settings

Paclitaxel

cholesterol as drawn by Chematic Draw with default settings

Cholesterol in 3D

Facts

GitHub stars
3 stars on 6 Nov 2026
First commit
6 Jun 2026
Repository activity
352 commits, 1 contributor, last push 8 Oct 2026
Latest version
v1.0.14
Version we tested
chematic 1.0.38 (build inde…
Runs on
macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser
License
MIT, as declared in the application manifest.
Price
Free
Relies on
No third-party engine found. Custom Canvas 2D editor; chemistry uses the author's chematic Rust/WASM toolkit.
Draws with
Custom HTML Canvas 2D on screen; chematic SVG depiction for exports, with Electron printToPDF for PDF.
Chemistry from
chematic Rust toolkit compiled to WebAssembly; v1.0.31 in release v1.0.14.
Interface
Electron and React
Main language
TypeScript
Other languages
Rust: WebAssembly chemistry and SVG depiction; JavaScript: ChemSpider remote API host adapter
Renderer
Original: Chematic CanvasRenderer and SVG renderers
Third-party licenses
Electron/Chromium notices list LGPL/MPL/APSL/EPL copyleft, OFL-1.1 fonts, and EasyList data under GPL-3.0-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-3.0-or-later.
Download
128 MB

In use

Screenshots from our test of this version.

Features

  • Tested by running it
  • Seen in the app
  • The manual says yes
  • Partly, with the reason shown
  • Not supported
  • Not established, which is not the same as no

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Drawing structures

Figures and layout

Chemistry intelligence

Files and exchange

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