From paper
to possibility.
Find chemical names and printed structures in PDFs. Review each finding at its source before adding it to your library.
COMING SOON ATOMLENS 3
Your chemistry.
In focus.
From the first chemical name to your next discovery. A native workspace for exploring, editing, and organizing chemistry on Mac and iPad.
Built with curiosity. Designed for clarity.
01 / THE NEXT CHAPTER
Serious chemistry.
A little more intuitive.
AtomLens 3 brings your molecules, reactions, and scientific documents into one considered workspace. Less time moving between tools. More room to follow an idea.
From paper
Every molecule.
A new perspective.
Move between interactive 2D and 3D views. Inspect properties, explore reactions, and turn supported IUPAC names into structures.
Follow the idea.
Refine the structure.
Draw and edit molecules and reactions, then keep your work together in a searchable library with tags and favorites.
FAMILIAR BY DESIGN
Right at home.
On your Mac. On your iPad.
Your files, beautifully in view. Built around the way each device works, from Finder and Quick Look to Files and touch.
Actual app screenshots from the current release.Find your way around
02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIXELS
Small studio.
Deep curiosity.
Sascha Losko Independent developer
I make tools that bring the obscure into focus.
I’m Sascha, the developer behind Obscure Essentials®. I build native software for Mac and iPad, with a particular interest in chemistry, the details hidden inside our files, and the little things that make a workflow feel right.
AtomLens began with a simple wish: chemistry files should feel as at home on a Mac as a photograph or a PDF. That curiosity is still what moves it forward.
01
Native feels natural.
Thoughtful tools that belong on the platforms you use.
02
Your work stays yours.
On-device processing. Optional iCloud for your repository.
03
Focus over noise.
No ads. No trackers. No analytics on this website.
03 / MORE FROM THE STUDIO
Other points of view.
GlyphGlance
FREE / NATIVE MAC VIEWERRead Markdown, Mermaid diagrams, and Fountain documents in a clearer light. Preview in Finder, explore diagrams, and export a sharp PDF—all while keeping your source untouched.
QL Provider Inspector
A CLOSER LOOK AT macOSFind out what your Mac knows about a file: its type, Quick Look providers, and default apps.
CDKSwiftNativePort
OPEN SOURCE / SWIFTA Swift-native chemistry toolkit derived from the Chemistry Development Kit. The chemistry foundation behind AtomLens.
Research & acknowledgments
- Willighagen et al. (2017). The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) v2.0.
- May and Steinbeck (2014). Efficient ring perception for the Chemistry Development Kit.
- Steinbeck et al. (2006). Recent Developments of the Chemistry Development Kit.
- Steinbeck et al. (2003). The Chemistry Development Kit: an open-source Java library.
ATOMLENS 3 / COMING SOON
A clearer view
is on the way.
Get to know what’s next, or start exploring with the current App Store release.
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