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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Description
Fresco A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI

Windows

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

Linux

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

Mac

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

Mobile

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

Web applications

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


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