Avogadro (software)

{{Short description|Molecular builder/editor software}}

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| name = Avogadro

| logo = Avogadro.png

| logo alt = A black sans-serif capital letter A being orbited by two orange stylized electrons with orange trails.

| logo caption = Avogadro logo

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| released = {{Start date and age|2008|02|29}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|P348|P548=Q2804309|P348}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = Avogadro 2 1.95.1

| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2021|08|26}}{{cite web |url= https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadrolibs/releases/tag/1.95.1/ |title= Avogadro 1.95.1 Released |website= GitHub |date= August 26, 2021 |access-date= September 24, 2021}}

| programming language = C++ (Qt)

| operating system = Linux, macOS, Unix, Windows

| platform = IA-32, x86-64

| size = 11.3 MB

| language = Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Polish

| language count = 8

| genre = Molecule editor

| license = GPL v2

| website = {{URL|avogadro.cc}} {{URL|two.avogadro.cc}}

| repo = {{URL|sourceforge.net/projects/avogadro}}

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Avogadro is a molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas.{{cite journal |journal= J. Cheminform. |doi= 10.1186/1758-2946-4-17 |title= Avogadro: An advanced semantic chemical editor, visualization, and analysis platform |year= 2012 |last1= Hanwell |first1= Marcus D |last2= Curtis |first2= Donald E |last3= Lonie |first3= David C |last4= Vandermeersch |first4= Tim |last5= Zurek |first5= Eva |last6= Hutchison |first6= Geoffrey R |volume= 4 |pages= 17 |pmid= 22889332 |issue= 1 |pmc=3542060 |doi-access= free }}{{cite journal |title= A Computationally Efficient and Reliable Bond Order Measure |author1= Ral Mera-Adasme |author2= Fernando Mendizbal |author3= Claudio Olea-Azar |author4= Sebastin Miranda-Rojas |author5= Patricio Fuentealba |journal= J. Phys. Chem. A |year= 2011 |volume= 115 |issue= 17 |pages= 4397–4405 |doi= 10.1021/jp107498h |pmid= 21469689|bibcode= 2011JPCA..115.4397M |hdl= 10533/131936 |hdl-access= free }}{{cite journal |title= Differentiation of O–H and C–H Bond Scission Mechanisms of Ethylene Glycol on Pt and Ni/Pt Using Theory and Isotopic Labeling Experiments |author1= Michael Salciccioli |author2= Weiting Yu |author3= Mark A. Barteau |author4= Jingguang G. Chen |author5= Dionisios G. Vlachos |journal= J. Am. Chem. Soc. |year= 2011 |volume= 133 |issue= 20 |pages= 7996–8004 |doi= 10.1021/ja201801t |pmid= 21526776}}Open Babel documentation Author: Geoffrey R Hutchison; Noel M O'Boyle; Blue Obelisk (organization) It is extensible via a plugin architecture.[http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/ Avogadro website]