Burrete is a macOS molecular file workspace with Finder Quick Look previews. Press Space for PDB, mmCIF, SDF, MOL, XYZ and more, then use the desktop app for Mol* 3D, RDKit grids, Ketcher and file workflows. Open-source and local-first for computational chemistry.
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Hi Product Hunt! I built Burrete because molecular files are everywhere in chemistry workflows, yet Finder treats many of them as opaque attachments. I wanted the fastest path from a PDB, SDF or XYZ file to a trustworthy visual check: select it and press Space. Burrete grew into a local-first workspace with Mol*, RDKit grids, Ketcher and workflow handoffs when a file needs more. I would love feedback from computational chemists, structural biologists and macOS utility fans—especially on formats or Finder workflows you want next.
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Does this integrate with existing chemoinformatics pipelines, or would I need to build custom scripts to feed structures into something like RDKit notebooks? Also curious about how the Mol* 3D viewer handles very large complexes like ribosomes.
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How does the local-first setup handle really big structures, like full ribosome assemblies, without dragging down the Quick Look preview latency?
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Pressing Space to peek at a PDB file in Finder feels like something that should have existed years ago, and the Mol* 3D view loaded surprisingly fast on my laptop.
Does this integrate with existing chemoinformatics pipelines, or would I need to build custom scripts to feed structures into something like RDKit notebooks? Also curious about how the Mol* 3D viewer handles very large complexes like ribosomes.
How does the local-first setup handle really big structures, like full ribosome assemblies, without dragging down the Quick Look preview latency?
Pressing Space to peek at a PDB file in Finder feels like something that should have existed years ago, and the Mol* 3D view loaded surprisingly fast on my laptop.