BOINC add-on software

The following programs complement or enhance BOINC. Note:

These applications are not endorsed by BOINC and you use them at your own risk.
We do not provide instructions for installing these applications. However, the author may have provided some help on installing or uninstalling the application. If this is not enough you should contact the author. Instructions for installing and running BOINC are here.
To submit an item for inclusion in this list, please email David Anderson.

Windows

Add-on click for info	Description
BES	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed logfiles for all BOINC projects.
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BOINC mIRC	MRC file for sending your BOINC status on IRC
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET 2.0)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
SETI@home-MapView	SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
nBOiNC	View your current credit for one or all projects
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
boinc logger	saves the messages part of boinc so you can track down errors
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
TThrottle	TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SETI@BOINCWatch	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.

Linux

Add-on click for info	Description
MultiTail	Multitail shows several simultaneous tails in different curses windows.
BOINCSTAT	Command line view of BOINC status
CPU limiter	Limits the CPU usage (good for laptops)
rc.boinc (Slackware)	rc.boinc - Slackware Startup Script
boincctl	Script to start boinc at boot time.
KBoingMgr	A Linux/KDE replacement for the standard BOINC Manager
Boinc bash script	Boinc state displayer
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
Boinc Tool - Bash Script	Bash Scripts for Seti@Boinc
Boinctray	A system tray application for monitoring the BOINC client
SETI@Boinc Tracker	SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client!
boinc-suse	Init script for SuSE 9.2 and 9.3
BOINCprog	A BOINC project progress monitor
boinctop	top like view of boinc status
Temperature-based CPU limit	Like CPU limiter, but based on CPU temperature
BOINCTail	BOINCTail displays the status of jobs running in the BOINC environment in a 'tail-like' way.

Mac

Add-on click for info	Description
Seti Check Revolutions	Boinc state displayer. Only for seti@home!
BOINC Statistics	Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
SETI Control	REALbasic application which allows you to control the Darwin (Unix) version of setiathome-BOINC
SETI@Boinc Tracker	SETI@Boinc Tracker is a GUI Client for Tracking Boinc CLI Client!
Boinc Stat Viewer	This small Cocoa application shows current state of your BOINC client.
BOINCMenubar 2	Mac GUI for BOINC

Web browser toolbars and plugins

Add-on click for info	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 Server Status	Yahoo! widget adds the BOINC Online Scheduler image to your desktop.
SETI@home Toolbar	Toolbar for Firefox and IE (Windows); includes search, links, radio, RSS
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

Add-on click for info	Description
SETI@home/BOINC progress status	Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
phpBOINCer	An improved PHP script based upon phpBOINC by Richard Silvers, to display BOINC stats on a webpage, and store or retrieve these stats to a mySQL database.
Boinc LCS	Shows the current state and other information from an unlimited number of BOINC clients connected to the Internet.
BoincPHP5-GUI	Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
phpBOINC	Script to display BOINC stats on a webpage.
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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