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24 alternatives to CanvasMol molecule viewer (JS + canvas demo)

Interactive 3D molecule viewer in HTML5. Works with PDB/MOL/SDF formats.

CanvasMol is an interactive 3D molecule viewer built with HTML5 and canvas technology. It displays molecular structures from PDB, MOL, and SDF file formats directly in web browsers. The tool includes rotation controls… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CanvasMol molecule viewer (JS + canvas demo) launched in 2010; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Web-based 3D molecule editor and visualizer with molecular mechanics calculators. - fatimasajadi/chemozart

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Web-based 3D molecule editor and visualizer platform

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Future of Molecular Design - From drug discovery to chemistry class, Nanome is a powerful tool for research and education. Visualize, build, and simulate chemical compounds, proteins, and nucleic acids like never before. Collaborate remotely in real-time.

    2018 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Canvas▲251

    A DALL·E playground for the Mac

    2023 · kevinhermawan.com · its alternatives →

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    Browser-based WebGL molecule renderer with the goal of producing figures that are as attractive as they are practical. - wwwtyro/speck

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Canvas▲324

    Notes for teams of nerds

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Responsive HTML5 charts with 10x performance

    2017 · canvasjs.com · its alternatives →

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    chem3D▲98

    Explore 90 million compounds in 3D and augmented reality

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    A web-friendly way for anyone to build unusual displays

    2016 · googlecreativelab.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Many JS libraries exist to build graphs on the web (Vega, chartJS, Plotly...). They allow to make charts quickly. But you lose flexibility: you're limited by the options they offer. I just created a gallery with hundreds of graphs made with d3.js and React. - Examples are split by graph types - They all come with explanation and code sandboxes - Gradual complexity to ease the learning curve It took me ages to create this project! Feedback welcome!

    2023 · react-graph-gallery.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful high performance HTML5 charts.

    2016 · canvasjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Immediate Mode 3D Plotting. Contribute to brenocq/implot3d development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    3d plotting for Python in the Jupyter notebook based on IPython widgets using WebGL - widgetti/ipyvolume

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The advancement of LLMs, and the profound changes that they have unleashed in the way developers approach coding tasks, feel at times like a tsunami. This came to a head when I realised that people trying to use my Javascript library for working with the canvas element were encountering a fundamental problem: LLMs simply don't know about, or comprehend, the purpose of the library or how to work with it to deliver projects/products. My solution to this problem is to document everything I can think of about the library. Maybe if I can get enough coherent data into future LLM training…

    2020 · scrawl-v8.rikweb.org.uk · its alternatives →

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    Molecule is a Go library for parsing protobufs in an efficient and zero-allocation manner. - GitHub - richardartoul/molecule: Molecule is a Go library for parsing protobufs in an efficient and zero-allocation manner.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A multi-threaded, GPU-powered, 2D vector graphics environment for Node.js - samizdatco/skia-canvas

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Render multiple moving rectangles to compare a number of canvas engines.

    2020 · benchmarks.slaylines.io · its alternatives →

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    Isomer▲73

    Isometric graphics library for HTML5 canvas

    2014 · jdan.github.io · its alternatives →

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    you can make your own chart or diagram easily than using d3

    2024 · flitter.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    I've been going through Cem Yuksel's "Introduction to Computer Graphics" course and thought that writing a volume renderer would be a good way to test my knowledge. It is a common technique used to render 3D medical data. Works by ray marching a specific step size, reading a 3D texture (e.g. MRI data), and calculating opacity values. Code should be easy to get started with for anyone familiar with the JS ecosystem. Questions for the HN community: I spent 20-25% of the entire time just setting up the project and fighting issues with the JavaScript ecosystem. This experience has made me…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    dc.js▲79

    Dimensional charting Javascript library

    2018 · dc-js.github.io · its alternatives →

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