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
/ year (est. based on PyMOL)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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