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MolGLideX

An experimental desktop editor for drawing 2D chemical structures and reaction mechanisms.

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Open source. 18 of 65 checklist features confirmed.

Main canvas

MolGLideX main canvas, light mode
light mode

No dark mode

dark mode

Import failed; simple benzene ring drawn on fixed light canvas.

Default drawings

We could not finish testing this tool: Benchmark incomplete: SMILES and MOL file-opening attempts left empty documents. Computer-use coordinate and drag input failed, preventing reliable active-canvas selection, most edits, and exports. This is not a native-library launch failure.

SMILES and MOL open attempts left the new document empty.

Caffeine

SMILES and MOL open attempts left the new document empty.

Paclitaxel

No 3D view

Cholesterol in 3D

Facts

GitHub stars
0 stars on 6 Nov 2026
First commit
11 Aug 2026
Repository activity
90 commits, 1 contributor, last push 3 Oct 2026
Latest version
0.0.3
Version we tested
ALPHA-0.0.2
Runs on
Windows
License
GNU General Public License version 2.
Price
Free
Relies on
CDK. Custom canvas; CDK supplies chemistry and 2D layout.
Draws with
Java Graphics2D; Apache Batik SVGGraphics2D for SVG output
Chemistry from
Chemistry Development Kit (CDK)
Interface
Java Swing with FlatLaf and Modern Docking
Main language
Kotlin
Other languages
Java: CDK chemistry and Swing UI; C: Native InChI through JNA-InChI
Renderer
Original: MolGLideX Graphics2D bond/label renderer
Third-party licenses
Includes LGPL-2.1-or-later (CDK); other direct libraries use MIT or Apache-2.0.
Download
52 MB
Installed
274 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

Select a mark for its proof. A filled mark opens our screenshot, or the manual if the check left nothing to picture. A ring opens the manual.

Drawing structures

Reactions and mechanisms

APIs and automation

Embedding and extension

  • Not establishedPlugins
  • Not established: Desktop application; no supported embedding interface documented.Embed in your own appDesktop application; no supported embedding interface documented.github.com

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