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
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 |
|---|---|
| BOINC-RPC | A lightweight middleware that connects BOINC distributed computing status to Discord Rich Presence. |
| Fresco | A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI |
Windows
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| BOINC Monitor | A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks |
| CPDNSpy | Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!! |
| BoincView | Advanced BOINC manager for networks |
| BES | Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC) |
| SQL Setup for BoincSpy | Stores Workunits into SQL database |
| BoincLogX | BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects. |
| ThreadMaster | Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC) |
| SETI@home-MapView | SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse. |
| BoincTasks | An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI |
| TThrottle | TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select. |
| BOINC Client Configuration | Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file |
| BOINCcalculator | Show details of CPDN jobs |
| BoincSpy | Views BOINC project statistics |
Linux
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| boinctop | top like view of boinc status |
| 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. |
| rc.boinc (Slackware) | rc.boinc - Slackware Startup Script |
| 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 |
| boinctui | Fullscreen text mode manager for BOINC |
| SETI@Boinc Tracker | SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client! |
| CPU limiter | Limits the CPU usage (good for laptops) |
| KBoingMgr | A Linux/KDE replacement for the standard BOINC Manager |
| MultiTail | Multitail shows several simultaneous tails in different curses windows. |
| BOINC Monitor | Plasmoid to show BOINC status on the KDE desktop |
| Diet BOINC | A no-graphics, lightweight XScreenSaver compatible alternative for BOINC screen saver |
| Boinc bash script | Boinc state displayer |
| Boinctray | A system tray application for monitoring the BOINC client |
| BOINCSTAT | Command line view of BOINC status |
Mac
| Add-on click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| CPDNSpy Linux/Mac | Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!! |
| BOINCMenubar 2 | Mac GUI for BOINC |
| BOINC Statistics | Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard |
| 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! |
| BoincTasks | An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine) |
Mobile
| Add-on click for info |
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 click for info |
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 click for info |
Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BOINC Milestones | Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status |
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