BOINC add-on software

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

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)
BOINC Monitor A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
SETISpirit SETIspirit is free add-on tool for SETI@home users which provides information about the tasks, the SETI@home project status, workunits and credits, statistic charts and a detailed sky map.
BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BoincView Advanced BOINC manager for networks
CPDNSpy Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SETI@BOINCWatch A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats
ThreadMaster Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
TThrottle TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
SETI@home-MapView SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
BoincSpy Views BOINC project statistics
BOINC Client Configuration Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET) A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET 2.0) A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
BOINCcalculator Show details of CPDN jobs
SQL Setup for BoincSpy Stores Workunits into SQL database

Linux

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

Mac

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

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

Add-on
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Description
SAH User Statistics An extension for Firefox (works only with 1.0 to 1.5; may work under Mozilla) that displays your stats for SAH
BOINC User Statistics Widget Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
BOINC Server Status Yahoo! widget adds the BOINC Online Scheduler image to your desktop.
BOINC Statistics Shows your statistics for any BOINC project (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)

Web applications

Add-on
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Description
BOINC Milestones Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
Boinc LCS Shows the current state and other information from an unlimited number of BOINC clients connected to the Internet.
Progress Thru Processors Facebook-based interface to 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
GOINC GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.
SETI@home/BOINC progress status Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage


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