BOINC add-on software

The following programs complement or enhance BOINC, but were not developed by the BOINC project.

Desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux)

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Fresco A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI

Windows

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BoincView Advanced BOINC manager for networks
CPDNSpy Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SQL Setup for BoincSpy Stores Workunits into SQL database
TThrottle TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
ThreadMaster Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BES Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BoincSpy Views BOINC project statistics
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BOINC Monitor A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
BoincLogX BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
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.
BOINCcalculator Show details of CPDN jobs

Linux

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

Mac

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Description
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
Seti Check Revolutions Boinc state displayer. Only for seti@home!
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!!!
BOINC Statistics Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard

Mobile

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AndroBOINC BOINC graphical interface for Android devices
BoincTasks Mobile BOINC graphical interface for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)

Web browser toolbars and plugins

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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

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Description
BOINC Milestones Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
Forum signature showing jobs in progress A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
SETI@home/BOINC progress status Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
GOINC GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.


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