SLICES
The premium Open Source alternative to Materials Project
🎯 Best for:Researchers building generative models for new crystalline materials.
What is SLICES?
Replaces traditional 3D voxel or graph representations with an invertible, invariant string format. Enables the use of transformer-based architectures for high-throughput materials discovery and generative modeling.
Tech Stack
PythonChemistry & Materials
Why SLICES?
- • Invertible mapping
- • Symmetry invariant
- • LLM compatible
Limitations
- • Steep learning curve
- • Requires high compute for training
- • Niche application
3/3/2026
Last Update
53
Forks
4
Issues
LGPL-2.1
License
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-$1,440
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