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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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On the right is a space-filling molecule model." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Open_Babel_computer_icon.png/220px-Open_Babel_computer_icon.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Open_Babel_computer_icon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="245" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Open Babel development team</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">2 June 2005<span class="noprint">; 19 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2005-06-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">3.1.1<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-8f299f9af733cfdda6853dee67bd60072cafbf5d-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-8f299f9af733cfdda6853dee67bd60072cafbf5d-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612752?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 8 May 2020<span class="noprint">; 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Open Babel provides both a comprehensive library and command-line utilities, making it a versatile tool for researchers, developers, and professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About">About</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Open_Babel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: About"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the strong relationship to <a href="/wiki/Informatics" title="Informatics">informatics</a> this program belongs more to the category <a href="/wiki/Cheminformatics" title="Cheminformatics">cheminformatics</a> than to <a href="/wiki/Molecular_modelling" title="Molecular modelling">molecular modelling</a>. It is available for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">free and open-source software</a> released under a <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a> (GPL) 2.0. </p><p>The project's stated goal is: "Open Babel is a community-driven scientific project assisting both users and developers as a cross-platform program and library designed to support molecular modeling, chemistry, and many related areas, including interconversion of file formats and data." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Open_Babel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Open Babel and <a href="/wiki/JOELib" title="JOELib">JOELib</a> were derived from the <a href="/wiki/OELib" title="OELib">OELib</a> <a href="/wiki/Cheminformatics" title="Cheminformatics">cheminformatics</a> library. In turn, OELib was based on ideas in the original chemistry program Babel and an unreleased <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object-oriented programming</a> library called <i>OBabel</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_features">Major features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Open_Babel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>chemical expert system</li> <li>interconversion of many <a href="/wiki/Chemical_file_format" title="Chemical file format">chemical file formats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substructure_search" title="Substructure search">substructure search</a>, based on <a href="/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified molecular-input line-entry system">simplified molecular-input line-entry system</a> (SMILES)</li> <li>fingerprint calculation</li> <li>3D coordinate generation<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>wrappers for <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perl" title="Perl">Perl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)" title="Ruby (programming language)">Ruby</a>, <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Open_Babel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In cheminformatics, Open Babel facilitates the management of molecular data through substructure searching and molecular fingerprint calculations. These functionalities enable similarity analysis, dataset clustering, and efficient organization of chemical libraries, making it suitable for large-scale workflows. </p><p>In drug discovery, Open Babel supports tasks such as preparing chemical libraries for high-throughput virtual screening and standardizing molecular formats for structure-based drug design. The software's ability to generate 3D molecular coordinates and calculate molecular descriptors is particularly valuable in predicting properties such as solubility, reactivity, and toxicity.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Open_Babel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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title="Ghemical">Ghemical</a> – <a href="/wiki/Molecular_mechanics" title="Molecular mechanics">molecular mechanics</a> program based on Open Babel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JOELib" title="JOELib">JOELib</a> – Java version of Open Babel and <a href="/wiki/OELib" title="OELib">OELib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XDrawChem" title="XDrawChem">XDrawChem</a> – 2D drawing program based on Open Babel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_software_for_molecular_mechanics_modeling" title="Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling">Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Obelisk" title="Blue Obelisk">Blue Obelisk</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages" title="List of free and open-source software packages">List of free and open-source software 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