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. 2022 Jun 1;13(7):1016–1029. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00662

Table 3. Various Open-Source Software Tools Available for Cheminformatics (CI)- and Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD).

vendor application CI SBDD main function Web site
OpenMolecules DataWarrior   open-source cheminformatics application; includes several data analysis and visualization methods such as clustering, phys-chem property calculations, large-scale similarity calculations, dimensionality reduction, etc. http://www.openmolecules.org/datawarrior/ (ref 70)
 
MayaChem MayaChem Tools open-source package for property computation, library enumeration, R-group decomposition, Python scripts for PyMOL plug-ins, etc. http://www.mayachemtools.org/ (ref 71)
 
KNIME KNIME   open-source software for data science innovation; create workflows in GUI-like pipeline pilot https://www.knime.com/
 
AutoDock AutoDock Vina   open-source suite of automated docking tools; designed to predict how small molecules, such as substrates or drug candidates, bind to a receptor of known 3D structure http://vina.scripps.edu/ (ref 72)
 
Open Drug Discovery Toolkit ODDT   open-source modular toolkit written in Python for cheminformatics and chemical modeling https://jcheminf.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13321-015-0078-2 (ref 73)
 
Source Forge Python Prescription (PyRx) virtual screening software for computational drug discovery; screen libraries against potential targets; includes docking wizard (uses AutoDock Vina) and built on Python https://pyrx.sourceforge.io/