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Crystal Visualizer on Windows Pc

Developed By: Manas Sharma

License: Free

Rating: 4,7/5 - 20 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.1
Size 8.2 MB
Release Date August 05, 18
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (2)]

What's New:
Bunch of new features added. [see more]

Description from Developer:
Crystal Visualizer uses the JSmol library to display .CIF files for viewing crystal structures.

Crystal Visualizer is an open-source app, with it's source-code available on Gi... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Crystal Visualizer and install on Windows PC. Crystal Visualizer is free Tools app, developed by Manas Sharma. Latest version of Crystal Visualizer is 1.1, was released on 2018-08-05 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Crystal Visualizer is 4,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 20 users, 17 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Crystal Visualizer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Crystal Visualizer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Crystal Visualizer on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Crystal Visualizer using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Crystal Visualizer" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Crystal Visualizer on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Crystal Visualizer" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.1.

Download Crystal Visualizer 1.1 on Windows PC – 8.2 MB

Crystal Visualizer uses the JSmol library to display .CIF files for viewing crystal structures.

Crystal Visualizer is an open-source app, with it's source-code available on GitHub.

The app comes with a lot of pre-loaded crystal structures in the form of CIF files.
Users can also open their own CIF files in the phone memory by pressing the Open button.

Users can visualize lattice planes.

The app can show space-filling, balls&sticks, and wireframes representations of the crystal structures.

Source-code is available at: https://github.com/manassharma07/CrystalVisualizer

JSmol: http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/JSmol

License: http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/License
Bunch of new features added.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read from external storage.