Download BOINC add-on software
You can download applications in several categories.
- These applications are not endorsed by DENIS@home and you use them at your own risk.
- We do not provide instructions for installing these applications. However, the author may have provided some help on installing or uninstalling the application. If this is not enough you should contact the author.Instructions for installing and running BOINC are here .
- This list is managed centrally at the BOINC website .
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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)
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| Fresco | A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI |
| BOINC-RPC | A lightweight middleware that connects BOINC distributed computing status to Discord Rich Presence. |
Windows
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| BoincTasks | An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI |
| ThreadMaster | Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC) |
| BOINC Monitor | A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks |
| TThrottle | TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select. |
| BOINCcalculator | Show details of CPDN jobs |
| CPDNSpy | Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!! |
| BoincSpy | Views BOINC project statistics |
| BOINC Client Configuration | Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file |
| BoincLogX | BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects. |
| SETI@home-MapView | SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse. |
| BES | Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC) |
| SQL Setup for BoincSpy | Stores Workunits into SQL database |
| BoincView | Advanced BOINC manager for networks |
Linux
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| boinctop | top like view of boinc status |
| CPU limiter | Limits the CPU usage (good for laptops) |
| KBoingMgr | A Linux/KDE replacement for the standard BOINC Manager |
| BOINCTail | BOINCTail displays the status of jobs running in the BOINC environment in a 'tail-like' way. |
| SETI@Boinc Tracker | SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client! |
| BOINC Dashboard | Web dashboard for monitoring a client running on the local machine |
| Diet BOINC | A no-graphics, lightweight XScreenSaver compatible alternative for BOINC screen saver |
| BOINCSTAT | Command line view of BOINC status |
| BoincTasks | An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine) |
| MultiTail | Multitail shows several simultaneous tails in different curses windows. |
| boinc-suse | Init script for SuSE 9.2 and 9.3 |
| BOINC Monitor | Plasmoid to show BOINC status on the KDE desktop |
| boinctui | Fullscreen text mode manager for BOINC |
| Boinctray | A system tray application for monitoring the BOINC client |
| rc.boinc (Slackware) | rc.boinc - Slackware Startup Script |
| BOINCprog | A BOINC project progress monitor |
| boincctl | Script to start boinc at boot time. |
| Boinc bash script | Boinc state displayer |
Mac
| Add-on click for info |
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 |
| BOINCMenubar 2 | Mac GUI for BOINC |
| BoincTasks | An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine) |
| CPDNSpy Linux/Mac | Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!! |
Mobile
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| AndroBOINC | BOINC graphical interface for Android devices |
| BoincTasks Mobile | BOINC graphical interface for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad) |
Web browser toolbars and plugins
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| 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
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| SETI@home/BOINC progress status | Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage |
| BoincPHP5-GUI | Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser |
| BOINC Milestones | Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status |
| 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 |
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