Ptbl: Periodic Table

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What it does

Ptbl is a periodic table for the Linux desktop, built with GTK 4 and libadwaita. It works offline.

Browse all 118 elements, coloured by category, with up to 40 properties per element on six tabs.
Search and filter: find an element by symbol or name as you type, or highlight one category, such as the transition metals.
Colour by property: turn the table into a heatmap of one of eight properties.
Trend charts: plot atomic, covalent or van der Waals radius, or electron affinity, against atomic number.
Vegard’s law calculator: estimate the lattice parameters, cell volume and density of an alloy from its composition, then open the structure in CView or export it as a CIF file.

Atomic and thermal properties come from a bundled snapshot of the PubChem periodic table. Some crystal, electrical, magnetic and nuclear values come from earlier versions of Ptbl and haven’t yet been checked against current sources, so verify them before relying on them. Vegard’s-law results are quick estimates, not a substitute for a calculation or a measurement.

Quick Start

Ptbl needs Linux, Python 3.10 or newer, and GTK 4.12, libadwaita 1.5 and PyGObject from your distribution’s packages (on Fedora: sudo dnf install gtk4 libadwaita python3-gobject).

python3 -m pip install --user git+https://github.com/mavens-group/Ptbl.git
ptbl

On Debian, Ubuntu and Arch Linux, add --break-system-packages. The README covers every distribution, virtual environments and troubleshooting.

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Ptbl: Periodic Table

What it does

Quick Start