Abstract
Current trends in molecular modeling are geared toward increasingly realistic representations of the biological environments reflected in larger, more complex systems. The complexity of the system-building procedure is ideally handled by software that converts user-provided descriptors into system coordinates. This, however, is not a trivial task, as building algorithms use simplifications that result in inaccuracies in the system properties. We created COBY, a coarse-grained system builder that can create a large variety of systems in a single command call with an improved accuracy of the complex membrane and solvent building procedures. COBY also contains features for building diverse systems in a single step, and has functionalities aiding force field development. COBY is an open-source software written in Python 3, and the code, documentation, and tutorials are hosted at https://github.com/MikkelDA/COBY.