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= BOINC Design Documents =
== Design docs for current development ==
 * [wiki:Reduce_usage_of_authenticator Reduce use of authenticator]
 * BOINC on Android
   * [wiki:AndroidGuiDiscuss GUI discussion]
   * [wiki:AndroidBoincTodo GUI development items]
   * [wiki:AndroidBoincImpl Current implementation]
   * [wiki:AndroidBuildApp Building apps]
   * [wiki:AndroidBoinc Original planning document]

== Design docs for proposed development ==
 * [WinMulticore Supporting Windows hosts with > 64 cores]
 * [CreditGeneralized Generalized credit]
 * [UploadStatistics Maintaining upload statistics]
 * [LocalityNew Locality scheduling redesign]
 * [OpenId Support for OpenID]
 * [wiki:Prefs2 Computing preferences version 2]
 * [GpuSync support for synchronous GPU apps]
 * [WindowsIssues Windows Issues]

== Design docs for completed development ==
 * [WorkFetchMaxConcurrent Work fetch with max concurrent constraints]
 * [wiki:DesignKeywords Keywords]
 * [wiki:SimpleAttach Simplified attach process]
 * [EmailChangeNotification Email Change Notification]
 * [RightToErasure Delete Account]
 * [UserOptInConsent User Opt-in Consent]
 * [PasswordHash Update Password Hashing]
 * [PrefsUnification Unifying Web and GUI Prefs]
 * [ManagerMenus Manager menu reorganization]
 * [PortalFeatures Scheduling for multi-user projects]
 * [JobPrioritization Job prioritization]

== Implementation notes ==
=== Client: general ===
 * [wiki:ClientDataModel Client data model]
 * [wiki:ClientFiles File structure]
 * [wiki:ClientFsm FSM structure]
 * [wiki:ClientLogic Main loop logic]
 * [wiki:HostMeasurement Host measurements]
 * [wiki:HostId Host identification]
 * [wiki:MemoryManagement Memory management]
 * [wiki:Notifications GUI notices]
 * [wiki:ClientAppConfig Client app configuration]

=== Client: scheduling ===
 * [wiki:ClientSched Client scheduling policies]

=== Client: packaging ===
 * [//sandbox_design.php Sandbox implementation]
 * [wiki:ClientSetupLogicWin Windows installer (V5)]
 * [wiki:UnixClientPackage Client package layout for Unix]
 * [wiki:ClientSetupWinSix Version 6 Windows installer, design]
 * [wiki:ClientSetupLogicWinSix Version 6 Windows installer, implementation]
 * [wiki:UnixClientPackage Unix client packaging]
 * [wiki:RpmSpec Spec info for RPMs]

=== Client: screensaver ===
 * [wiki:ScreensaverEnhancements Screensaver enhancements]

=== Client: Manager ===
 * [wiki:ManagerImpl BOINC Manager]
 * [wiki:ProjectSelect Redesign of Choose Project page]

=== Server: general ===
 * [wiki:JobSizeMatching Job size matching]
 * [wiki:MultiUser Multi-user project features]
 * [wiki:RemoteJobs APIs for remote job submission]
 * [wiki:HomogeneousAppVersion Homogeneous app version]
 * [wiki:RuntimeEstimation job runtime estimation]
 * [wiki:CreditNew Credit system as of 5/2010]
 * [wiki:DataBase The BOINC database]
 * [wiki:BackendState Backend state transitions]
 * [wiki:BackendLogic The logic of backend programs]
 * [wiki:ServerDebug Debugging server components]
 * [wiki:ServerSecurity Notes on BOINC server security]
 * [wiki:DbDump Export statistics for 3rd-party sites]
 * [wiki:SingleJobImpl Single-job submission]
 * [wiki:AdaptiveReplication Adaptive replication]
 * [wiki:ValidationLowLevel Low-level validator framework]

=== Server: scheduler ===
 * [wiki:SchedMatch Scheduler job matchmaking]

=== Server: Packaging ===
 * [wiki:UnixProjectPackage Unix project packaging]

=== PHP code (web pages and RPCs) ===
 * [wiki:PhpDb PHP database abstraction layer]
 * [wiki:StyleSheets Style Sheets]

=== Protocols ===
 * [wiki:CommIntro Protocol overview]
 * [wiki:RpcProtocol The scheduling server protocol]
 * [wiki:RpcPolicy Scheduling server timing and retry policies]
 * [wiki:FileUpload Data server protocol]
 * [wiki:PersFileXfer Persistent file transfers]
 * [wiki:XmlNotes XML notes]

=== Simulation ===
 * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/sim_web.php The BOINC Client Emulator]
 * [http://gcl.cis.udel.edu/projects/emboinc/index.php EmBoinc BOINC server emulator]

=== Source code documentation (in progress) ===
 * [//doxygen/api/html/index.html API]
 * [//doxygen/client/html/index.html Client]
 * [//doxygen/manager/html/index.html Manager]
 * [//doxygen/server/html/index.html Server components]
 * [//doxygen/web/html/index.html PHP code]

=== Miscellaneous ===
 * [wiki:VolunteerDataArchival Volunteer data archival]
 * [wiki:CondorBoinc BOINC/Condor integration]
 * [wiki:LowLatency Low latency computing]
 * [wiki:CreditProposal Credit system proposal]
 * [wiki:OrgGrid Organizational Grid Management]
 * [wiki:PythonAppDev Python-based simplified app development]
 * [wiki:PythonMw Python master/worker system]
 * [wiki:CrossProjectUserId Cross-project user identification]
 * [//loc_sim/ Simulator of a project using locality scheduling]
 * [wiki:PrefsImpl Preferences]
 * [wiki:TrickleImpl Trickle messages]
 * [wiki:VersionDiff How to see what has changed between two versions of an executable]
 * [wiki:XmlFormat XML formats]
 * [wiki:DiagnosticsApi Diagnostics API]
 * [Proposal/ProjectSimpleAccountCreation Simple Account Creation]
 * [wiki:BOINConPhones BOINC on Phones]

== Historical ==
Design docs for old versions, or for ideas that never happened.

 * [WebTemplateProposal rewrite of HTML code using a Web Template Engine]
 * [PrefsRemodel Remodel of computing prefs]
 * [wiki:VmApps Virtual machine apps (deprecated)]
 * [wiki:ClientSchedOld Old client scheduling policies]
 * [wiki:ClientSchedOctTen Client scheduling changes]
 * [wiki:GpuSched Client CPU/GPU scheduling]
 * [wiki:GpuWorkFetch Work fetch and GPUs]
 * [wiki:AutoUpdate Automatic update]
 * [wiki:AutoFlops Automated estimation of job characteristics]
 * [wiki:PythonFramework Python testing framework]
 * [//api_v4.php Version 4 runtime system]
 * [//mac_intel.php Mac/Intel plan]
 * [//mac_devgroup.php Old Mac project plan]
 * [//new_setup.php Design of version 5 setup]
 * [//menubar.php Mac Menubar]
 * [//suggestions.php Usability discussion]
 * [wiki:ScreensaverLogic Screensaver logic]