CalcUS: An Open-Source Computational Chemistry Web Platform

Raphaël Robidas; Claude Y. Legault

Drug Design Published: (Dec/2021)
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Computational chemistry is an increasingly active field due to the improvement of computing resources and theoretical tools. However, its use remains usually limited to technically-inclined users due to the technical challenges of preparing, launching and analyzing calculations. In this context, we have developed CalcUS, an open-source platform to streamline computational chem- istry studies. Its objective is to democratize access to computational chemistry by providing a user-friendly web interface to simplify running and analyzing quantum mechanical calculations. It is freely available, expandable and customizable. It promotes connectivity to multiple software packages and algorithms, thus providing state-of-the-art techniques to all practitioners. We propose CalcUS as a standalone tool and infrastructure to support other open-source packages.