BOINC add-on software

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

These applications are not endorsed by BOINC and you use them at your own risk.
We do not provide instructions for installing or using these applications. In most cases the author has provided these instructions. If not, contact the author. Instructions for installing and running BOINC are here.
To submit software for inclusion in this list, please email David Anderson. BOINC provides several APIs for developing add-on software.

Windows

Add-on click for info	Description
SETI@BOINCWatch	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats
BES	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
BOINC Monitor	A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
BoincView	Advanced BOINC manager for networks
SETI@home-MapView	SETI@home-Mapview creates skymaps for the BOINC projects SETI@home-II, Einstein@home and Astropulse.
BoincSpy	Views BOINC project statistics
ThreadMaster	Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
BOINCcalculator	Show details of CPDN jobs
SQL Setup for BoincSpy	Stores Workunits into SQL database
BoincLogX	BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
BOINC Client Configuration	Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file
TThrottle	TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
SETI@BOINCWatch(.NET 2.0)	A SETI@Home/BOINC client watcher! User statistics powered by BOINCStats. But now built with the .NET environment.
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
CPDNSpy	Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!

Linux

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

Mac

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

Mobile

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

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