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JSME Molecule Editor

A browser-based editor for drawing molecules and reactions and entering chemical search queries in web applications.

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Open source. 27 of 65 checklist features confirmed.

Main canvas

JSME Molecule Editor main canvas, light mode
light mode

No dark mode

dark mode

Default drawings

caffeine as drawn by JSME Molecule Editor with default settings

Caffeine

paclitaxel as drawn by JSME Molecule Editor with default settings

Paclitaxel

No 3D view

Cholesterol in 3D

Facts

GitHub stars
110 stars on 6 Nov 2026
First commit
6 Dec 2020
Repository activity
63 commits, 5 contributors, last push 9 Mar 2025
Latest version
v2021.07.13
Version we tested
v2024-04-29
Runs on
Browser, iOS, Android
License
BSD 3-Clause license; permits commercial use and redistribution.
Price
Free
Relies on
JME, OpenChemLib, InChI. Modified JME code compiled to JavaScript; optional OpenChemLib and InChI integrations.
Draws with
Browser SVG through JSApplet; optional OpenChemLib SVG export
Chemistry from
In-house JME chemistry; optional OpenChemLib and InChI
Interface
GWT, JSApplet AWT emulation and GWT Mosaic
Main language
Java (GWT-compiled to JavaScript)
Other languages
JavaScript: GWT output and browser integrations; C: InChI compiled to browser asm.js
Renderer
Borrowed: JME/JSApplet; optional OpenChemLib SVG
Third-party licenses
Apache-2.0 Harmony/GWT/Mosaic/Exporter, BSD-3-Clause OpenChemLib and MIT or NCSA Emscripten; InChI 1.05 uses custom IUPAC/InChI-Trust Licence 1.0 with library copyleft, source-distribution obligations and modified-output naming restrictions.
Download
1.0 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

Chemistry intelligence

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