We have a campus-wide license agreement for PyMOL and AxPyMOL.   As a subscribing organization, we have access to the latest version of the software, including beta versions, as well as official documentation for using it.  The license agreement is valid through 12/31/2024.

License Keys

Access to the license keys are limited to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford.  The license key for PyMOL 2 is located on the Download PyMOL 2 page.  To get the license key for AxPyMOL, please send a request to sciencelibrary@stanford.edu using your @Stanford email address.  Please also include your Stanford ID number in the request.

Download

PyMOL 2 — molecular visualization system (PC, Mac, Linux). 

• Download PyMOL 2 (Stanford only)
• Download PyMOL 2 license file (Stanford only)
• PyMOL 2 FAQs
• PyMOLWiki [Current news, tutorials, plugins, scripts] | PyMOL DokuWiki [Legacy documentation]
• About PyMOL 2
• PyMOL on the iPad (free)

AxPyMOL - plugin for Windows PowerPoint that enables presentation of 3-D molecular data without having to "tab out" of PowerPoint slides.  Please contact Grace Baysinger,

• Download AxPyMOL (Stanford only)
• About AxPyMOL

Tutorials

• PyMOL tutorials (YouTube, by Molecular Memory)