install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gabedit

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install gabedit

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gabedit · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Ubuntu aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install gabedit

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · gabedit · source: archive.ubuntu.com

overview

Package summary

GUI to computational chemistry packages like Gamess-US, Gaussian, etc.

Project links

Commands and aliases

gabedit

history

Project history and usage

Gabedit is a graphical user interface for computational chemistry packages. It helps prepare inputs and visualize results for tools such as GAMESS-US, Gaussian, Molcas, Molpro, MPQC, MOPAC, Orca, PC-Gamess, Q-Chem, and related chemistry engines.

Project history

Gabedit is authored by Abdul-Rahman Allouche and hosted on SourceForge, where the project metadata records a February 2006 creation date. The official homepage presents it as a molecular modeling and visualization GUI rather than a command-line-first utility.

The homepage cites Allouche's 2011 Journal of Computational Chemistry article about Gabedit as a graphical user interface for computational chemistry software, reflecting its use as a companion GUI around many independent calculation packages.

Adoption history

Gabedit's adoption path is typical of scientific desktop software: upstream documentation and downloads live on SourceForge and the author's Google Sites pages, while the supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, and Ubuntu packages.

Its appeal is broad compatibility with computational chemistry backends and file formats, not a single solver of its own.

How it is used

Users use Gabedit to create input files for chemistry engines, inspect computed orbitals and surfaces, visualize spectra, build molecules, and export graphics or animation frames.

Because it is a GUI wrapper around many external scientific programs, packaging mostly needs to deliver the desktop application and its visualization stack rather than manage service credentials or global configuration files.

Why package nerds care

Gabedit is notable as a SourceForge-era scientific GUI that remains packaged by modern Unix package managers. It represents the long tail of domain-specific desktop tools that package collections keep alive for researchers with older workflows.

Timeline

2006: SourceForge project created.
2011: Journal of Computational Chemistry article cited by the official homepage.
2020s: Still present in Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, and Ubuntu according to the supplied package facts.

Related projects

Gabedit works alongside external chemistry packages including GAMESS-US, Gaussian, Molcas, Molpro, MPQC, MOPAC, Orca, PC-Gamess, Q-Chem, NWChem, and OpenMopac.
The official documentation is split between SourceForge-hosted files and the author's Google Sites pages.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
Installs with 9 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gabedit`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.5.1

manager updated2026-06-25

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gabedit
Version	2.5.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gabedit
Homepage	https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/gabedit/code/HEAD/tree
Upstream docs	https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gabedit/gabedit/Gabedit251/GabeditSrc251.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-25T13:37:41+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	at-spi2-core, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gtk+, gtkglext, harfbuzz, pango
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gabedit
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Ubuntu apt95%

gabedit 2.5.1+ds-1build3

graphical user interface to Ab Initio packages

https://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit

sudo apt install gabedit

Section: universe/science
Architecture: amd64
16 dependencies
11 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gabedit

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gabedit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

gabedit 2.5.2-0.13_snap20220518.fc44

GUI for computational chemistry

http://gabedit.sourceforge.net/home.html

sudo dnf install gabedit

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gabedit
20 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gabedit

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gabedit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gabedit.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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