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ColabFold

AlphaFold2 and multimer predictions in a notebook, with no local GPU.

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ColabFold

Steinegger & Mirdita · github.com

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AlphaFold2 and multimer predictions in a notebook, with no local GPU.
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Limits
Free Colab tiers time out on very long sequences

Use this when

The default for single chains and small multimers. Faster than AlphaFold Server and with no daily limit. Choose AlphaFold Server instead when your system includes DNA, RNA or a ligand.

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External tool. We link, we don’t host — nothing you enter on Biology 101 reaches them.

About this tool

Runs AlphaFold2 with a fast MMseqs2 homology search in Google Colab. The practical way to fold a sequence when you do not have cluster access.

Related tools

  • AlphaFold ServerPredicts protein, DNA, RNA and ligand complexes with AlphaFold 3.

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