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
SETI@home-MapView	SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
BOINC mIRC	MRC file for sending your BOINC status on IRC
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed logfiles for all BOINC projects.
SETI@BOINCWatch	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BES	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET 2.0)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
TThrottle	TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
BoincTasks	An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!

Linux

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

Mac

Add-on click for info	Description
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!
BOINC Statistics	Lets you check BOINC stats from the Mac OS X Dashboard
BOINCMenubar 2	Mac GUI for BOINC
CPDNSpy Linux/Mac	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!

Web browser toolbars and plugins

Add-on click for info	Description
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)
SETI@home Toolbar	Toolbar for Firefox and IE (Windows); includes search, links, radio, RSS
BOINC User Statistics Widget	Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
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

Web applications

Add-on click for info	Description
Progress Thru Processors	Facebook-based interface to BOINC
BOINC Milestones	Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
BoincPHP5-GUI	Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser
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
Forum signature showing jobs in progress	A PHP script that generates a forum signature showing jobs in progress
Boinc LCS	Shows the current state and other information from an unlimited number of BOINC clients connected to the Internet.

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