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Ketcher on Windows Pc

Developed By: EPAM Systems

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 75 votes

Last Updated: February 18, 2025

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0
Size 6.5 MB
Release Date September 28, 17
Category Education Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to write to external storage. [see more (6)]

Description from Developer:
Ketcher Features:
Creating, saving and sharing chemical structures
You can create chemical structures from scratch, open them from a chemical file (mol, mol3000, rxn, rxn3000, smil... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Ketcher and install on Windows PC. Ketcher is free Education app, developed by EPAM Systems. Latest version of Ketcher is 1.0, was released on 2017-09-28 (updated on 2025-02-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Ketcher is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 75 users, 7 users had rated it 5*, 41 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Ketcher on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Ketcher on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Ketcher 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 Ketcher 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 "Ketcher" 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 Ketcher 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 "Ketcher" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.

Download Ketcher 1.0 on Windows PC – 6.5 MB

Ketcher Features:
Creating, saving and sharing chemical structures
You can create chemical structures from scratch, open them from a chemical file (mol, mol3000, rxn, rxn3000, smiles, inchi, and cml formats are supported), or import a drawing from a PNG image file. When you are done, you can save the drawing as an RXN chemical file and/or share it via email.

Selecting and editing
You can select rectangular or free-form areas of the drawing and perform various operations with them (cutting, copying, pasting, or deleting). You can move and rotate selections as well as the whole structure. The application saves editing history as you are working, so you can undo up to 32 changes.

Working with atoms
You can select atoms from the periodical table and paste them onto the empty drawing canvas or replace other atoms. You can also add atoms to a structure by tapping and drawing from an atom already present. If you tap and hold an atom, you can edit its properties (charge, valence, isotope, and radical).

Other elements
Ketcher supports further elements for drawings:
* bonds (multiple, editable bond types and chains of bonds are supported)
* R-groups
* templates

Reactions and layout enhancement
You can draw reactions and map the atoms from the reagents to the product manually or automatically. The drawings can be automatically “cleaned up”.

Internet access
Most of Ketcher functionality is available offline, but you need Internet access for the following operations:
* Open and save inchi and smiles chemical files
* Import of drawings from PNG files
* Clean-up (smoothening) of drawings
* Automatic reaction mapping
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.