3DStructGen: an interactive web-based 3D structure generation for non-periodic molecule and crystal

Table 1 Comparisons of the popular web-based visualization programs

Program	Descriptions				License	Published time
Program	3D visualization	3D editor	WebGL	Support structure types	License	Published time
3DStructGen	√	√	×	ABC	MIT	This paper
Chemdoodle	√	×(2D)	√	AB	GPL	2015
JSmol	√	×	√	AB	GPL	2001
WebMO	√	√	√	AB	Commercial	2000
Marvin.js	√	√	×	A	Commercial	–
Chemozart	√	√	√	A	Apache2.0	2015
Web3DMol	√	×	√	A	MIT	2017
3Dmol.js	√	×	√	A	BSD	2015
Kekule.js	√	×(2D)	×	A	MIT	2016
CH5M3D	√	√	×	A	GPL	2013
JSME	×	×(2D)	×	A	BSD	2013

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