Choosing BOINC projects

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:

Does the project clearly describe its goals? Are these goals important and beneficial?
Has the project published results in peer-reviewed journals or conferences? See A list of scientific publications of BOINC projects.
Do you trust the project to use proper security practices?
Who owns the results of the computation? Will they be freely available? Will they belong to a company?

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 Mouse over for details; click to visit web site	Category	Area	Sponsor	Supported 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

If you run a BOINC-based project and would like it to be included on this list, please contact us.

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