JChemPaint is computer software, a molecule editor and file viewer for chemical structures using 2D computer graphics.[1] It is free and open-source software, released under a GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It is written in Java and so can run on the operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix. There is a standalone application (editor), and two varieties of applet (editor and viewer) that can be integrated into web pages.
Original author(s) | Christoph Steinbeck |
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Developer(s) | The CDK Project |
Initial release | 2000 |
Stable release | 3.3-1210 (September 24, 2012[±] | )
Repository | github |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix |
Platform | Java SE |
Available in | English |
Type | Chemoinformatics |
License | LGPL |
Website | jchempaint |
JChemPaint was initiated by Christoph Steinbeck and is currently being developed as part of The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK), and a Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) based JChemPaint application is being developed, as part of Bioclipse.
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edit- ^ JChemPaint - Using the Collaborative Forces of the Internet to Develop a Free Editor for 2D Chemical Structures, Stefan Krause, Egon Willighagen and Christoph Steinbeck, Molecules 2000, 5, 93-98, web version