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News & Updates New Setup PyMOL-open-source-windows-setup v3.1 has been released on January 20, 2025. More information under Windows Install. New Plugin PySSA aims to combine PyMOL and ColabFold to enable the prediction and analysis of 3D protein structures for the scientific end-user. v1.0 has been released on July 10, 2024. Official Release PyMOL v3.0 has been released on March 12, 2024. New Plugin CavitOmiX calculate Catalophore™ cavities, predict protein structures with OpenFold by NVIDIA-BioNeMo, ESMFold and retrieve Alphafold models Official Release PyMOL v2.5 has been released on May 10, 2021. Python 3 New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins POSF New PyMOL fellowship announced for 2022-2023 Tutorial Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5 New Plugin PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe Selection keywords New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll! Plugin Update MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Plugins Plugins are external modules that add functionality to PyMOL. Plugins can be single Python files (*.py) or directories with an __init__.py file (see PluginArchitecture). Looking for available Plugins? Browse the plugins category. Installing Plugins To install a plugin, open PyMOL and then go to Plugin > Plugin Manager > Install new plugin You will have the option to install from a file on your computer (*.py, *.zip) or directly from the PyMOLWiki by providing the wiki page url. Writing Plugins See the Plugins Tutorial. Legacy Notes Version 3.0 Currently, support for plugins written in Tkinter is considered deprecated with full expectation of removal by PyMOL 4.0. Plugin developers should consider migrating legacy plugins to PyQt. Before Version 2.0 Plugins written with PyQt5 do not run in PyMOL 1.x. PyMOL 2.x has a legacy layer for Tkinter to support old plugins, but the preferred ..→

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