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Molkit is a browser-based tool for drawing chemistry structures, reaction mechanisms, and animations. It runs entirely client-side in your browser, so there is no upload and no server-side processing of your work. You draw on a canvas, export to SVG, PNG, or PDF, and save your work as a .mkit file. The editor is at https://molkit.com/, and this documentation lives at https://docs.molkit.com/.

What is Molkit

Molkit covers structure drawing (bonds, rings, projections, shapes, arrows, and text), reaction mechanisms, and an animation engine that can export animated SVG and video. It supports multiple tabs, undo and redo, structure presets, element color schemes, and font embedding for exports. Files are saved in the .mkit format.

Version

The current version is 0.11.0, dated 2026-06-09. To confirm the version you are running and read the release history, open the Help menu in the editor and choose “What’s New”.

License

Molkit is proprietary software. All rights reserved.

Credits

Molkit embeds Liberation Sans, a metric-compatible Arial substitute under the SIL Open Font License, for its mobile-safe SVG export option.

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