An open-source implementation of AlphaFold3
Hi HN - we’re the founders of Ligo Biosciences and are excited to share an open-source implementation of AlphaFold3, the frontier model for protein structure prediction. Google DeepMind and their new startup Isomorphic Labs, are expanding into drug discovery. They developed AlphaFold3 as their model to accelerate drug discovery and create demand from big pharma. They already signed Novartis and Eli Lilly for $3 billion - Google’s becoming a pharma company! (https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/isomorphic-labs-kick...) AlphaFold3 is a biomolecular structure prediction…
An open-source implementation of AlphaFold3 launched on September 4, 2024 with 314 votes, #148 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Ligo Biosciences has released an open-source implementation of AlphaFold3, a protein structure prediction model. The software predicts protein structures, drug-protein interactions, and nucleic acid-protein complex structures. It is designed for researchers and scientists working in drug discovery and structural biology who need to accelerate the mapping of biomolecular structures. The open-source approach makes the frontier model accessible beyond commercial licensing arrangements.
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From the sources
Open source implementation of AlphaFold3. Contribute to Ligo-Biosciences/AlphaFold3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN - we’re the founders of Ligo Biosciences and are excited to share an open-source implementation of AlphaFold3, the frontier model for protein structure prediction. Google DeepMind and their new startup Isomorphic Labs, are expanding into drug discovery. They developed AlphaFold3 as their model to accelerate…
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