Download BOINC add-on software

You can download applications in several categories.

  • These applications are not endorsed by Asteroids@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 .
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)

Add-on
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Description
Fresco A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI

Windows

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

Linux

Add-on
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Description
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!
MultiTail Multitail shows several simultaneous tails in different curses windows.
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
boinc-suse Init script for SuSE 9.2 and 9.3
CPU limiter Limits the CPU usage (good for laptops)
BOINC Monitor Plasmoid to show BOINC status on the KDE desktop
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
BOINCSTAT Command line view of BOINC status
KBoingMgr A Linux/KDE replacement for the standard BOINC Manager
Boinc bash script Boinc state displayer
Diet BOINC A no-graphics, lightweight XScreenSaver compatible alternative for BOINC screen saver
boincctl Script to start boinc at boot time.
BOINCprog A BOINC project progress monitor
boinctop top like view of boinc status

Mac

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

Mobile

Add-on
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Description
BoincTasks Mobile BOINC graphical interface for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)
AndroBOINC BOINC graphical interface for Android devices

Web browser toolbars and plugins

Add-on
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Description
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

Add-on
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Description
GOINC GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.
SETI@home/BOINC progress status Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
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


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