ribbon

The premium Open Source alternative to PyMOL

🎯 Best for:Building web services or tools that require server-side protein rendering.

What is ribbon?

Replaces heavy desktop molecular viewers for programmatic protein visualization. Generates SVG or raster ribbon diagrams of protein backbones using Go.

Tech Stack
GoBiology & Biotechnology

Why ribbon?

  • No external C dependencies
  • High-performance rendering
  • Clean SVG output

Limitations

  • Limited to ribbon representations
  • Smaller community than PyMOL
  • No interactive GUI
1/28/2026
Last Update
24
Forks
3
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
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Self-Hosted
$0
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Team Size10 Users
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