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
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
SETI@home-MapView	SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
BOINC Monitor	A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BES	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)

Linux

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

Mac

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

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 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
GOINC	GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.
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
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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