Cheminformatics toolkits are notable software development kits that allow cheminformaticians to develop custom computer applications for use in virtual screening, chemical database mining, and structure-activity studies.
[1][2] Toolkits are often used for experimentation with new methodologies.
Their most important functions deal with the manipulation of chemical structures and comparisons between structures.
Programmatic access is provided to properties of individual bonds and atoms.
Toolkits provide the following functionality: