Download BOINC add-on software

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BOINC add-on software

BOINC add-on software

The following programs complement or enhance BOINC, but were not developed by the BOINC project.

  • These applications are not endorsed by BOINC and you use them at your own risk.
  • We do not provide instructions for installing or using these applications. In most cases the author has provided these instructions. If not, contact them. Instructions for installing and running BOINC are here.
  • To submit software for inclusion in this list, please email David Anderson. BOINC provides several APIs for developing add-on software.

Desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux)

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Fresco A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI

Windows

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BES Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
ThreadMaster Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BoincLogX BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
BoincView Advanced BOINC manager for networks
TThrottle TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
SETI@home-MapView SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
BOINCcalculator Show details of CPDN jobs
BoincSpy Views BOINC project statistics
BOINC Client Configuration Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file
BOINC Monitor A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
CPDNSpy Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SQL Setup for BoincSpy Stores Workunits into SQL database

Linux

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MultiTail Multitail shows several simultaneous tails in different curses windows.
BOINCprog A BOINC project progress monitor
CPU limiter Limits the CPU usage (good for laptops)
SETI@Boinc Tracker SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client!
Boinc bash script Boinc state displayer
BOINC Monitor Plasmoid to show BOINC status on the KDE desktop
KBoingMgr A Linux/KDE replacement for the standard BOINC Manager
boincctl Script to start boinc at boot time.
Boinctray A system tray application for monitoring the BOINC client
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
BOINCTail BOINCTail displays the status of jobs running in the BOINC environment in a 'tail-like' way.
boinc-suse Init script for SuSE 9.2 and 9.3
boinctui Fullscreen text mode manager for BOINC
boinctop top like view of boinc status
rc.boinc (Slackware) rc.boinc - Slackware Startup Script
BOINCSTAT Command line view of BOINC status
Diet BOINC A no-graphics, lightweight XScreenSaver compatible alternative for BOINC screen saver

Mac

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SETI@Boinc Tracker SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client!
BOINCMenubar 2 Mac GUI for BOINC
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
Seti Check Revolutions Boinc state displayer. Only for seti@home!
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
BOINC Statistics Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard

Mobile

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AndroBOINC BOINC graphical interface for Android devices
BoincTasks Mobile BOINC graphical interface for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)

Web browser toolbars and plugins

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BOINC User Statistics Widget Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
BOINC Statistics Shows your statistics for any BOINC project (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)

Web applications

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BOINC Milestones Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
SETI@home/BOINC progress status Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
Forum signature showing jobs in progress A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress
GOINC GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.


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