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title: Install ChemCanvas on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ChemCanvas for Linux - Chemical structure drawing
  tool
url: https://snapcraft.io/chemcanvas
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# ChemCanvas

[Arindam Chaudhuri (ksharindam)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ksharindam "View all snaps from Arindam Chaudhuri (ksharindam)")

* [Arindam Chaudhuri (ksharindam)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ksharindam "View all snaps from Arindam Chaudhuri (ksharindam)")
* [Science](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=science)

latest/stable 0.14.8

Install latest/stable of ChemCanvas

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install chemcanvas
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* chemcanvas

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 13 August 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [ksharindam.github.io](https://ksharindam.github.io/chemcanvas "https://ksharindam.github.io/chemcanvas")

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### Source code

* [github.com/ksharindam/chemcanvas](https://github.com/ksharindam/chemcanvas "https://github.com/ksharindam/chemcanvas")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/chemcanvas#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/chemcanvas#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/chemcanvas#tab-security)

#### Chemical structure drawing tool

A very intuitive 2D chemical drawing tool. You can quickly draw molecules,
reactions with modern bond and arrow types, large set of templates,
color support. It also supports many modern file formats like Marvin MRV,
ChemDraw CDXML etc.

* Supports modern file formats like Marvin MRV, Chemdraw CDXML.
* Export to PNG, SVG, and Editable SVG.
* Many bond types including wavy bond, Cis/Trans, Bold double, Any Bond etc.
* Search and get compound structures from PubChem.
* Aromaticity detection and add delocalization ring.
* Fetch structures from PubChem database.

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## Install ChemCanvas on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chemcanvas/ubuntu)