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 the author. 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.

Windows

Add-on click for info	Description
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
BES	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.
SETISpirit	SETIspirit is free add-on tool for SETI@home users which provides information about the tasks, the SETI@home project status, workunits and credits, statistic charts and a detailed sky map.
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET 2.0)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
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.
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
SETI@BOINCWatch	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats
BOINC Client Configuration	Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file

Linux

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

Mac

Add-on click for info	Description
Seti Check Revolutions	Boinc state displayer. Only for seti@home!
SETI@Boinc Tracker	SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client!
BOINC Statistics	Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
BOINCMenubar 2	Mac GUI for BOINC
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
SAH User Statistics	An extension for Firefox (works only with 1.0 to 1.5; may work under Mozilla) that displays your stats for SAH
BOINC User Statistics Widget	Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
BOINC Server Status	Yahoo! widget adds the BOINC Online Scheduler image to your desktop.
BOINC Statistics	Shows your statistics for any BOINC project (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)

Web applications

Add-on click for info	Description
Progress Thru Processors	Facebook-based interface to BOINC
Forum signature showing jobs in progress	A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress
Boinc LCS	Shows the current state and other information from an unlimited number of BOINC clients connected to the Internet.
SETI@home/BOINC progress status	Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
BoincPHP5-GUI	Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
GOINC	GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.
BOINC Milestones	Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status

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