WinGX Program System

WinGX Program System

WinGX is a MS-Windows system of programs for solving, refining and analysing single crystal X-ray diffraction data for small molecules. It provides a consistent and user-friendly GUI for some of the best publically available crystallographic programs. It is now fully compatible with the SHELX programs and has interfaces to the current SirWare program (SIR2019) amongst others. It works with Windows 10 and 11 and all previous 32- and 64-bit versions of the operating system.

WinGX is provided free of charge for academic, scientific, educational and non-commercial users, provided its use is acknowledged. A licence is required and may be requested by using the "Licences" button on the left.

WinGX uses SHELX format ASCII files, and contains the following facilities and features

The current version of WinGX may be downloaded from here. The most recent modifications are given here.

If you have any problems with WinGX, check out the FAQ page first.

If you find a bug in WinGX please email me.

A suitable reference for the WinGX package is

L. J. Farrugia, J. Appl. Cryst. (2012),45, 849-854.


Author: Louis J. Farrugia

School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building,
University Of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

E-mail louis.farrugia@glasgow.ac.uk