Command-line tool

open-babel

brew/open-babel

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install open-babel

Linux

brew install open-babel

Convert a `.mol` file to XYZ coordinates

obabel path/to/file.mol -O path/to/output_file.xyz

Convert a Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System string to a 500x500 picture

obabel -:"smiles_string" -O path/to/output_file.png -xp 500

Convert a file of SMILES string to separate 3D `.mol` files

obabel path/to/file.smi -O path/to/output_file.mol --gen3D -m

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