Technology

NGLViewer

NGLViewer is a high-performance, WebGL-accelerated molecular graphics library for visualizing proteins, DNA/RNA, and large complexes directly in a web browser.

NGLViewer delivers fast, scalable molecular visualization, leveraging WebGL technology to render complex structures like ribosomes and virus capsids within any modern web browser. It functions as a robust web application with a user-friendly GUI, but its core power is the embeddable JavaScript API, allowing developers to integrate it into custom projects. The viewer supports numerous structural file formats (PDB, mmCIF, MMTF) and handles molecular dynamics trajectories, offering a comprehensive array of representations (e.g., 'cartoon,' 'spacefill,' 'ball+stick') and advanced selection-based coloring for detailed structural analysis.