Category:Guides

The Open Babel package includes a variety of programs, including the babel conversion tool. The following pages document ways to use these programs, including command-line tools.

For help with using Open Babel, please send an message to the openbabel-discuss mailing list. There are many users willing to help out!

Command-Line Programs

• babel
• obchiral
• obconformer
• obenergy
• obfit
• obgen
• obgrep
• obminimize
• obprobe
• obprop
• obrotamer
• obrotate

User's Tutorial

• Basic Usage
• Molecular Fingerprints and Fastsearch Databases
• Other Open Babel Tools

Graphical Interfaces

Windows GUI

An alternative to the command-line interface for Windows users

iBabel - a Mac GUI (PDF)

An alternative graphical interface for Macintosh OS X.