Show HN: Open-source protein and ligand viewer

Summary

Daedalus molecular viewer For viewing and performing minor edits on moleculars; espsecially proteins and nucleic acids. Conceptually similar to PyMol, Chimera, and Discovery Studio. Designed to be as easy to use, and fast as possible. Installation Windows and Linux Download, unzip, and run. Notes: On some Linux distros (eg Ubuntu), run setup_linux_desktop.sh , included in the zip, to create a Desktop GUI entry. , included in the zip, to create a Desktop GUI entry. On Windows, the first time you run the program, you may get the message "Microsoft Defender prevented an unrecognized app from starting". To bypass this, click More info, then Run Anyway. Mac Compile from source by downloading and installing Rust, then running cargo build --release from a CLI in the project directory. Functionality View the 3D structure of proteins and small molecules Visualize ligand docking WIP: This software is a platform for molecular docking, and ab-initio simulations. Getting started Launch the program. Either open a molecule using the "Open" or "Open Lig" buttons, drag the file into the program window, enter a protein identifier in the Query databases field, or click I'm feeling lucky, to load a recently-uploaded protein from the RCSB PDB. Goals Fast Easy-to-use Practical workflow Updates responsive to user feedback File formats Proteins: mmCIF and PDB Small molecules: SDF, Mol2, and PDBQT The camera There are two camera control schemes, selectable using buttons in the camera section of the GUI. Free camera The free camera controls is intended to be used with a keyboard and mouse together. They operate on the perspective of the viewer, vice the molecule. You can move and rotate and move the camera in 6 degrees of freedom, allowing you to easily view the molecule from any perspective. Mouse controls: Hold the left mouse button while dragging to rotate the camera in pitch and yaw. to rotate the camera in pitch and yaw. Hold the middle mouse button while dragging to move the camera lef...