Avogadro Project
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One week of Avogadro 2.0 highlights - and we're just getting started…
Download: https://avogadro.cc/install/
Join the community: https://discuss.avogadro.cc/Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this release happen. Open science is a team effort! Got ideas on where to go next? 🧪 ⚗️
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Avogadro 2.0 isn't just a viewer and editor — it's an extensible platform for chemistry
A plugin system lets you add ML & electrostatic models, new builders and tools. Already over 20 available:
- semi-empirical calculations via XTB & CREST
- ML potentials
- crystal packing & surface slab generation
- add solvent, build nanotubes, and more.Build the tools you need: https://avogadro.cc/develop/plugins
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Sometimes you just want to see a molecule move.
Run a quick MD simulation without leaving Avogadro — no scripts, no command line, no setup. The new auto-optimize tool includes a dynamics mode. Watch your molecule move and relax in real time. Great for teaching. Great for intuition. Just fun to watch.
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Visualize molecular orbitals and electron density easily with Avogadro 2.0.
Volumetric rendering of orbitals, plus van der Waals, solvent-accessible and solvent-excluded surfaces for biomolecular work. See the chemistry, not just the atoms.
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Inorganic and organometallic chemists — Avogadro 2.0 is for you...
A new template tool lets you build octahedral, tetrahedral, and other coordination complexes in seconds. Click to add functional groups. Avogadro also detects symmetry and displays symmetry elements on your structure.
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Avogadro 2.0's rendering was rebuilt for modern GPUs. Smooth even with tens of thousands of atoms.
Real-time shadows and ambient occlusion give depth and clarity — and a new layer system lets you hide solvent, toggle styles, and focus on what matters.
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No fooling, Avogadro 2.0.0 is finally here!
Rebuilt from the ground up: fast modern rendering, improved stability, and a platform designed for the next generation of molecular, biomolecular, and materials research and education. 🧪 ⚗️
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Something big is coming on 1 April – and no, it's not a joke.
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#SummerOfCode proposals are now open until 4 April.
Students and open source beginners 18 years and older are welcome to apply - get paid to code #opensource #chemistry with and other #OpenChemistry projects this summer!