General Discussion

Documentation Specific discussion about Avogadro documentation, including the manual, website, and other material Suggestions Suggestions about improving Avogadro - feature requests, blue-sky, and plans. Support Discussion about problems or potential bugs with Avogadro - what doesn’t work and why

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Avogadro 2026 Survey Results General Discussion A few weeks ago, I posted the 2026 Community Feedback Survey - and I’d like to start doing this annually. Thank you to the 49 50 of you who filled out the development survey. Several people wrote multi-paragraph answers…	16	199	August 25, 2026
Avogadro 2026 Roadmap General Discussion Following the 2024 and 2025 roadmaps. Avogadro 2.0 Intended for release on 06 Feb 2026 (i.e., 06.02) This will mostly concentrate on bug fixes, performance and polish, including a revised plugin system and updated do…	0	279	December 31, 2025
About the General Discussion category General Discussion	0	2015	January 7, 2016
Avogadro Desktop MCP Server General Discussion	2	10	September 5, 2026
Issue with visualizing multiple frequency results in ORCA output General Discussion	12	175	September 5, 2026
Help Wanted: Simulated NMR Spectra (Python?) General Discussion	0	28	September 2, 2026
Is it possible to set up a Boys–Bernardi counterpoise calculation using the ORCA extension in Avogadro? General Discussion	5	95	August 24, 2026
I can't install v. 2 from either this site or the MS Store Support	3	53	August 23, 2026
Testers Needed - Windows Crash Reporting General Discussion	4	53	August 22, 2026
Error generating ORCA input Support	5	114	August 19, 2026
Pixi issues with AppImage Release Support	14	313	August 15, 2026
Gaussian output not recognized Support	27	577	August 11, 2026
2026 Community Feedback Survey General Discussion	1	62	August 10, 2026
Interest in More Videos and Tutorials? General Discussion	0	18	August 3, 2026
Open Babel conformer search help Support	6	207	July 25, 2026
Separation navigation and orientation for files open in a window Suggestions	3	40	July 21, 2026
Open input files as a separate window Suggestions	1	43	July 21, 2026
Avogadro not reading MOPAC .out files General Discussion	3	77	July 21, 2026
How to Import Formulas eg H2O2 General Discussion	1	38	July 12, 2026
When does Avogadro2 "draw" a bond General Discussion	5	109	June 18, 2026
Visualizing NTOs in addition to canonical orbitals Suggestions	8	132	June 16, 2026
Can't select and delete atoms Support	4	87	June 12, 2026
Nightly build and disappearing vibrational modes Support	4	113	June 11, 2026
Accessing the partial charges context menu General Discussion	3	60	June 10, 2026
The frame ordering does not match the optimization step for Orca output General Discussion	3	56	June 4, 2026
RDkit Uff optimum is strange General Discussion	1	50	June 1, 2026
Postponing v2.1 release General Discussion	0	59	May 29, 2026
Vibrations from Orca output not displayed with UseSym keyword Support	2	83	May 28, 2026
Issues with the avo_xtb plugin Support	9	171	May 28, 2026
During optimization the forces are not shown Support	0	35	May 27, 2026