Small tools that make macOS easier to understand.

AtomLens

Obscure Essentials Open molecule files Compute IDs and properties Search with Spotlight

AtomLens is a native macOS chemistry workbench. Open common structure formats, view clean 2D depictions, generate identifiers such as SMILES/InChI, calculate core molecular properties, and find compounds quickly with Spotlight and Quick Look integration.

QL Provider Inspector

Obscure Essentials Inspect UTIs Find Quick Look providers See default viewer/editor

Inspect a file or folder and see its Uniform Type Identifier (UTI), conformance tree, which Quick Look providers claim support, and which apps are registered as default viewer/editor.

CDKSwiftNativePort

CDKSwiftNativePort is a Swift-native chemistry toolkit package inspired by the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK). In simple terms, it helps developers read and write common molecule formats, generate identifiers like SMILES/InChI, create 2D depictions, and compute core molecular properties inside native Swift projects.

CDK reference citations

• Willighagen et al. (2017), The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) v2.0: atom typing, depiction, molecular formulas, and substructure searching. doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4
• May and Steinbeck (2014), Efficient ring perception for the Chemistry Development Kit. doi:10.1186/1758-2946-6-3
• Steinbeck et al. (2006), Recent Developments of the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) - An Open-Source Java Library for Chemo- and Bioinformatics. doi:10.2174/138161206777585274
• Steinbeck et al. (2003), The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK): An Open-Source Java Library for Chemo- and Bioinformatics. doi:10.1021/ci025584y