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CrystalMakerAvogadro
Paid

Commercial software sold under several licence types through the developer's shop.

 Free

Free and open source.

Windows, macOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Interactive, animated visualization of crystal and molecular structures
  • Energy modelling, phonons and IR spectra in version 11
  • Handles systems of thousands of atoms
  • Force fields quickly clean up sketched structures
  • Paid, specialist scientific software
  • Only for macOS and Windows
  • Assumes some chemistry background
  • Not a full simulation package on its own
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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