Mol* Linker

Tracking since Apr 7, 2026.

Changelog

• May 12, 2026
  description

  For computational biologists, structural bioinformaticians, and chemists, reviewing code and data often means navigating massive repositories of structural files (.pdb, .mmcif, .gro, etc.).
  
  Historically, simply "taking a peek" at a structure meant a tedious workflow: downloading the file locally, opening a desktop client like PyMOL, VMD or ChimeraX, and manually applying representations. Structure Linker eliminates this friction. By seamlessly integrating the powerful Mol* viewer (via MolViewSpec) directly into your Git environment, Mol* Linker allows you to instantly visualize 3D molecular structures in a single click, right from your browser, without ever leaving your repository.

  For computational biologists, structural bioinformaticians, and chemists, reviewing code and data often means navigating massive repositories of structural files (.pdb, .mmcif, .gro, etc.).
  
  Historically, simply "taking a peek" at a structure meant a tedious workflow: downloading the file locally, booting up a desktop client like PyMOL, VMD, or ChimeraX, and manually applying representations. Mol Linker eliminates this friction entirely.*
  
  By seamlessly integrating the world-class Mol* 3D WebGL engine directly into your Git environment, Mol* Linker allows you to instantly visualize molecular structures with a single click in a dedicated, high-performance browser tab—without ever leaving your workflow.

• May 12, 2026
  short_description

  Instantly view PDB and mmCIF files directly from GitHub and GitLab using MolViewSpec and Mol*.

  Instantly view molecular structure in your browser using Mol*.

• May 12, 2026
  permissions

  activeTab, storage, scripting

  activeTab, storage, scripting, contextMenus

Permissions & access

Permissions

activeTabstoragescriptingcontextMenus

Host access

*://*.github.com/*, *://raw.githubusercontent.com/*, *://*.gitlab.com/*, *://*.rcsb.org/*, *://*.alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/*

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