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Add-on Molecular Nodes
Molecular Nodes

A toolbox for molecular import and animation in Blender.
Add-on by bradyajohnston
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Version History

4.5.12
Compatibility
Blender 5.1 and newer
  • 3607
  • March 17th, 2026

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.12

Compatibility
Blender 5.1 and newer
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
3607
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.12 126.5 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.12 117.4 MB Linux v4.5.12 156.4 MB
4.5.11
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 1276
  • March 16th, 2026

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.11

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
1276
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.11 126.7 MB macOS Intel v4.5.11 122.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.11 117.4 MB Linux v4.5.11 155.4 MB
4.5.10
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 2336
  • January 27th, 2026

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.10

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
2336
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.10 126.7 MB macOS Intel v4.5.10 122.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.10 117.4 MB Linux v4.5.10 155.4 MB
4.5.9
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 3145
  • November 27th, 2025

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.9

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
3145
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.9 124.8 MB macOS Intel v4.5.9 123.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.9 114.2 MB Linux v4.5.9 152.7 MB
4.5.8
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 380
  • November 25th, 2025

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.8

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
380
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.8 124.8 MB macOS Intel v4.5.8 123.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.8 114.2 MB Linux v4.5.8 152.7 MB
4.5.7
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 276
  • November 24th, 2025

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.7

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
276
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.7 124.8 MB macOS Intel v4.5.7 123.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.7 114.2 MB Linux v4.5.7 152.7 MB
4.5.6
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 441
  • November 21st, 2025

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.6

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
441
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.6 124.8 MB macOS Intel v4.5.6 123.3 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.6 114.2 MB Linux v4.5.6 152.7 MB
4.5.5
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 1081
  • November 9th, 2025

Changelog

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.5

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
1081
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.5 120.2 MB macOS Intel v4.5.5 118.7 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.5 109.6 MB Linux v4.5.5 148.1 MB
4.5.4
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 1565
  • October 16th, 2025

Changelog

What's Changed

Internal bug fixing and refactoring. See https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/v4.5.4 for more info.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/compare/v4.5.2...v4.5.4

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
1565
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.4 120.0 MB macOS Intel v4.5.4 118.6 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.4 109.5 MB Linux v4.5.4 147.7 MB
4.5.2
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 1774
  • September 14th, 2025

Changelog

What's Changed

  • Add compositor setup for Blender 5.x by @PardhavMaradani in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/975
  • Add quarto-cli to docs requirement by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/974
  • Fix reading of .mrc and .ccp4 by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/973
  • Remove usage of set_boolean by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/977
  • Remove auto setup option for MN compositor by @PardhavMaradani in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/976

Full Changelog: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/compare/v4.5.1...v4.5.2

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
1774
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.2 119.3 MB macOS Intel v4.5.2 119.8 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.2 108.5 MB Linux v4.5.2 145.7 MB
4.5.1
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 321
  • September 12th, 2025

Changelog

Fix of issue with hard crash on rendering.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/compare/v4.5.0...v4.5.1

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
321
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.1 119.3 MB macOS Intel v4.5.1 119.8 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.1 108.5 MB Linux v4.5.1 145.7 MB
4.5.0
Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 827
  • September 2nd, 2025

Changelog

Overhauled internal and external APIs for importing structures and handling styles. Support for annotations through GPU overlays added among many other improvements by @PardhavMaradani.

Compatibility
Blender 4.5 LTS
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
827
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.5.0 119.2 MB macOS Intel v4.5.0 119.8 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.5.0 108.2 MB Linux v4.5.0 145.2 MB
4.4.3
Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 5606
  • May 21st, 2025

Changelog

What's Changed

  • Add a materialcreator. by @zachcp in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/849
  • Add Configurable Styles Classes by @zachcp in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/851
  • Update oxDNA attribute creation by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/866

Full Changelog: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/compare/v4.4.2...v4.4.3

Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
5606
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.4.3 116.9 MB macOS Intel v4.4.3 119.7 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.4.3 107.5 MB Linux v4.4.3 144.0 MB
4.4.2
Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 787
  • May 15th, 2025

Changelog

Docs:

  • Tutorial documentation for Simulations

Fixes:

  • Option to remove solvent on import now disables correctly
  • Relative file paths better supported when importing in a saved .blend file
  • Fix for detecting T's in oxDNA Imports

Some internal refactoring. See release notes for more details.

Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
787
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.4.2 116.9 MB macOS Intel v4.4.2 119.7 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.4.2 107.5 MB Linux v4.4.2 144.0 MB
4.4.1
Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
  • 1454
  • April 28th, 2025

Changelog

What's Changed

  • Fix UI fetching from AlphaFold by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/837
  • Bump versions for Blender and MN by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/838
  • Improved defaults for simulation nodes by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/840
  • Ensure correct attribute propagation onto bond geometry by @BradyAJohnston in https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/pull/842

Full Changelog: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/compare/v4.4.0...v4.4.1

Compatibility
Blender 4.4
Unsupported
5.1 and above
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon, Intel
  • Windows
  • Linux
Downloads
1454
Permissions
This version requests the following:
  • Files Importing data files from disk and caching downloads
  • Network Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Status
Approved
Windows v4.4.1 116.2 MB macOS Intel v4.4.1 119.0 MB macOS Apple Silicon v4.4.1 106.8 MB Linux v4.4.1 142.7 MB
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