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
BES	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
BOINC Monitor	A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
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.
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
BOINC Client Configuration	Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)

Linux

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

Mac

Add-on click for info	Description
BOINCMenubar 2	Mac GUI for BOINC
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
Seti Check Revolutions	Boinc state displayer. Only for seti@home!
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
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

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
Forum signature showing jobs in progress	A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress
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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