# 3dmol/3Dmol.js

WebGL accelerated JavaScript molecular graphics library

Repository: https://github.com/3dmol/3Dmol.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/3dmoljs
Homepage: https://3dmol.org/
Language: Jupyter Notebook
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: molecular-graphics, molecular-modeling, computational-biology, computational-chemistry
Last push: 2026-09-01T00:18:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 73, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4353, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 103, "gap_med": 61.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1008, forks 225 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:53.895227+00:00)

## What it is
3Dmol.js is an object-oriented, WebGL-accelerated JavaScript library for interactive molecular visualization in web browsers. It supports many molecular file formats, surface computation, multiple rendering styles, and can be used as a hosted viewer, embeddable viewer, or programmable component.

## Use cases
- visualize protein structures from the PDB in a web page
- embed an interactive 3D molecular viewer in a website
- render molecular surfaces and styles in a web application
- display molecular structures in Jupyter notebooks
- build a chemistry teaching tool with interactive 3D structures
- parse and render pdb, sdf, mol2, xyz, cif files in the browser

## When to choose
- you need browser-based, GPU-accelerated molecular rendering without plugins
- you want an embeddable viewer with minimal setup (two lines of HTML)
- you need programmatic control over molecular styling, surfaces, and interactivity via a JavaScript API

## When to avoid
- you need offline desktop molecular modeling or simulation rather than visualization
- you require non-WebGL environments or server-side rendering
- you need full molecular dynamics or quantum chemistry computation capabilities

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, data-visualization, sdk
- domain: bioinformatics, web-development, data-visualization
- platform: browser
- tags: molecular-graphics, webgl, molecular-visualization, pdb, computational-biology, jupyter-notebooks, computational-chemistry, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- 3dmol/3Dmol.js (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:53.895227+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:23.067184+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/3dmol/3Dmol.js (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:53.895227+00:00, sha 142aacbbf5e7)
  - homepage: https://3dmol.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:44.774949+00:00, sha afddcd325110)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.