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Molecule Builder (OvOHongYu)

A browser-based workbench for drawing small organic molecules and assembling reaction schemes.

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Open source. 24 of 65 checklist features confirmed.

Main canvas

Molecule Builder (OvOHongYu) main canvas, light mode
light mode

No dark mode

dark mode

Paclitaxel import unsupported; default ethane shown. Fixed light appearance.

Default drawings

SMILES paste and MOL drop did nothing; no import control found.

Caffeine

SMILES paste and MOL drop did nothing; no import control found.

Paclitaxel

No 3D view

Cholesterol in 3D

Facts

GitHub stars
0 stars on 6 Nov 2026
First commit
13 Sept 2026
Repository activity
4 commits, 1 contributor, last push 18 Sept 2026
Latest version
v0.1.0
Version we tested
0.1.0
Runs on
Browser
License
MIT license; free to use, modify and redistribute.
Price
Free
Relies on
RDKit. Custom SVG editor with RDKit WebAssembly chemistry.
Draws with
Custom SVG rendering; serialized SVG, browser-print PDF, and HTML canvas rasterization for PNG.
Chemistry from
RDKit.js (WebAssembly), with in-house graph editing, valence, layout and naming rules.
Interface
React 18 with Zustand.
Main language
TypeScript
Other languages
JavaScript: RDKit WebAssembly loader and bindings; C++: RDKit chemistry compiled to WebAssembly; C: InChI compiled into RDKit WebAssembly
Renderer
Original: Molecule Builder SVG renderer
Third-party licenses
Bundled RDKit WebAssembly is BSD-3-Clause; React, React DOM and Zustand are MIT.
Download
2.2 MB
Installed
7.3 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

Embedding and extension

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