Choosing BOINC projects

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BOINC is used by many volunteer computing projects. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by companies and individuals. You can participate in any number of these projects.

In deciding whether to participate in a project, read its web site and consider the following questions:

The following projects are known to us at BOINC, and we believe that their descriptions are accurate. See also a complete list of projects.

Projects have different requirements such as memory size; a partial summary is here.

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Name
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CategoryAreaSponsorSupported platforms
ABC@home Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics Mathematical Institute of Leiden University / Kennislink Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), powerpc-linux-gnu, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
Asteroids@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Astrophysics Charles University in Prague Android/ARM, arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
CAS@home Multiple applications Physics, biochemistry, and others Chinese Academy of Sciences Linux/x86, Windows
Climateprediction.net Earth Sciences Climate study Oxford University Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows
Collatz Conjecture Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics Private Mac OS X, Mac OS X (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x86, Linux/x86 (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x86 (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Windows/x64, Windows/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows/x64 (NVIDIA GPU), Mac OS X 64-bit, Mac OS X 64-bit (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU)
Constellation Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Aerospace-related science and engineering Rechenkraft.net, DGLR, Selfnet, and shack Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
Cosmology@Home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Astronomy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
DistrRTgen Mathematics, computing, and games Cryptography Private i386-pc-freebsd, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows/x64, FreeBSD/x86, Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU)
Docking@Home Biology and Medicine Study of protein - ligand interactions University of Delaware Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows/Opteron, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
EDGeS@Home Multiple applications European research projects MTA-SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems (Hungary) Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
Einstein@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Astrophysics Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Max Planck Institute Mac OS X, Mac OS X (NVIDIA GPU), Mac OS X (AMD/ATI GPU), Linux/x86, Linux/x86 (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x86 (AMD/ATI GPU), Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows, Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU), Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU)
Enigma@Home Mathematics, computing, and games Cryptography Private arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi, arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows
eOn Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Chemistry University of Texas at Austin Linux/x86, Windows, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
FightMalaria@Home Biology and Medicine Antimalarial drug discovery University College Dublin Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows
FreeHAL Cognitive science and artifical intelligence Artificial intelligence Private Linux/x86, Windows
GPUGrid.net Biology and Medicine Molecular simulations of proteins Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU)
Ibercivis Multiple applications Various Spanish research projects Spanish universities and research centers Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Linux/x86 (NVIDIA GPU), Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU)
Leiden Classical Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Chemistry Leiden University, The Netherlands Unknown
LHC@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Physics CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
LHC@home Test4Theory Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Physics CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
Malariacontrol.net Biology and Medicine Epidemiology The Swiss Tropical Institute Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
Milkyway@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Astronomy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute amd64-pc-freebsd, Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Linux/x86 (AMD/ATI GPU), Mac OS X (PowerPC), powerpc-linux-gnu, Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows/x64, Windows/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU), Mac OS X 64-bit, FreeBSD/x86, Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU)
MindModeling@Home Cognitive science and artifical intelligence Cognitive Science University of Dayton and Wright State University Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
NFS@home Mathematics, computing, and games Factorization of large integers California State University Fullerton Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, FreeBSD/x86, Linux/x64
NumberFields@home Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics Arizona State University, school of Mathematics Linux/x86, Windows, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
OProject@Home Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics, Physics, Artificial Intelligence Private arm-android, Android/ARM, Linux/ARM, arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi, Linux/x86, i686-pc-solaris, Playstation3/Linux, ppc64-linux-gnu, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, FreeBSD/x86, Linux/x64
POEM@HOME Biology and Medicine Protein structure prediction University of Karlsruhe (Germany) Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU)
primaboinca Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows
PrimeGrid Mathematics, computing, and games Cryptography Private Mac OS X, Mac OS X (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x86, Linux/x86 (AMD/ATI GPU), Linux/x86 (NVIDIA GPU), Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Mac OS X 64-bit (AMD/ATI GPU), Mac OS X 64-bit (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64, Linux/x64 (AMD/ATI GPU), Linux/x64 (NVIDIA GPU)
Quake Catcher Network Distributed sensing Seismology Stanford University armv5tel-unknown-linux-gnueabi, armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit
Radioactive@Home Distributed sensing Environmental research BOINC Poland Foundation Linux/x86, Windows
RNA World Biology and Medicine Molecular biology Rechenkraft.net e.V. Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
Rosetta@home Biology and Medicine Biology University of Washington Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
SAT@home Mathematics, computing, and games Computer Science Institute for Systems Analysis and Institute for System Dynamics and Control Theory, Russian Academy of Science Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
SETI@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Astrophysics, astrobiology University of California, Berkeley Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris, SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Linux/x64
SIMAP Biology and Medicine Biology University of Vienna Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
Spinhenge@home Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry Chemical engineering and nanotechnology Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences Unknown
SubsetSum@Home Mathematics, computing, and games Computer Science University of North Dakota, Computer Science Department Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-cluster-moab
sudoku@vtaiwan Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
Superlink@Technion Biology and Medicine Genetic linkage analysis Technion, Israel Unknown
SZTAKI Desktop Grid Mathematics, computing, and games Mathematics MTA-SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems (Hungary) Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
The Lattice Project Biology and Medicine Life science research University of Maryland Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64
VolPEx Mathematics, computing, and games Computer science University of Houston Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
VTU@home Mathematics, computing, and games Software testing Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
World Community Grid Multiple applications Humanitarian research on disease, natural disasters and hunger. IBM Corporate Community Relations Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows (AMD/ATI GPU), Windows (NVIDIA GPU), Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
Yoyo@home Multiple applications Mathematics, physics, evolution Private arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi, arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Playstation3/Linux, SPARC Solaris, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64

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