Ketcher JS is available on GitHub via ALv2 license.

[Savelyev Alexander]

Dear all

We are glad to announce that Ketcher version 2 is available on GitHub via Apache License v2! The new version provides extended capabilities and user experience.

https://github.com/epam/ketcher

The new license should allow for Ketcher to be used in more products and utilities.

New features and improvements:

• Rewritten core engine with ES5 standard and new Javascript libraries
• New interface with modern icons and windows. User interface was ported to Redux
• Templates support including user defined structures
• 3D Viewer integrated with editor
• Recognizing structures from images
• Settings dialog with configuration parameters
• CML and SMARTS format support
• Calculating CIP for structures
• Name to structure was added into the structure loader
• Calculating properties functionality
• Check structure functionality with different options
• Clean up function for small layout corrections
• New features for Atom, S-Group and R-Group tools
• Many others fixes and updates…

We continue support and develop new features. We look forward to receiving new reports and notes to improve the structure editor together!

With best regards
Aleksandr Savelev
EPAM Systems

[Andrew G]

Great! It's got a lot of improvements indeed. However, bond regression upon drawing a structure (automatic bond reordering according to atom valence) is still doesn't work. Any plans to fix this?

Thanks! 

Kind regards,

Andrew