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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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

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

Linux

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

Mac

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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
BOINCMenubar 2 Mac GUI for BOINC
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI (requires Wine)
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!

Mobile

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

Web browser toolbars and plugins

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Description
BOINC Statistics Shows your statistics for any BOINC project (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
BOINC User Statistics Widget Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)

Web applications

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Description
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
BOINC Milestones Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
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.
Forum signature showing jobs in progress A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress


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