---
name: "gcrystal"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gcrystal"
version: "0.14.17-6.1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gcrystal"
---

# gcrystal(1)

light model visualizer for crystal structures

## NAME

gcrystal - light model visualizer for crystal structures

## SYNOPSIS

**gcrystal** \[**OPTION(S)**...\] \[*FILE*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gcrystal** is a light model visualizer for crystal structures, based on the GNOME Chemistry Utils, that displays models of all sorts of crystal microscopic structures using OpenGL.

## OPTIONS

The following options are accepted:

- **-?**, **--help**

  Show application help options.

**--help-all**, **--help-\***

Print all or just a group of help options. These options are not documented here. Instead see [**gtk-options**(7)](/gtk-options/7.md) and [**gnome-options**(7)](/gnome-options/7.md).

- **-v**, **--version**

  Print gcrystal version information.

## SEE ALSO

[**gnome-options**(7)](/gnome-options/7.md), [**gtk-options**(7)](/gtk-options/7.md)

## AUTHORS

**Jean Bréfort** \<jean.brefort@normalesup.org\>

Program author.

**Daniel Leidert** \<daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\>

Manpage author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002-2007, 2012 Jean Bréfort\
 Copyright © 2004-2007 Daniel Leidert\

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.