BOINC add-on software

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

Desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux)

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Fresco A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI

Windows

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BoincTasks An advanced and powerful BOINC GUI
BOINC Client Configuration Windows GUI for editing the client configuration file
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.
BOINC Monitor A desktop gadget that shows the status of running tasks
BoincSpy Views BOINC project statistics
BoincLogX BoincLogX creates detailed log files for all BOINC projects.
ThreadMaster Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
TThrottle TThrottle throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.
CPDNSpy Stats/Benchmarkprogram. Only for CPDN!!!
BES Control max CPU usage and prevent overheating (not specific to BOINC)
SQL Setup for BoincSpy Stores Workunits into SQL database
BOINCcalculator Show details of CPDN jobs

Linux

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

Mac

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

Mobile

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AndroBOINC BOINC graphical interface for Android devices
BoincTasks Mobile BOINC graphical interface for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)

Web browser toolbars and plugins

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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

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Description
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 Milestones Facebook application that posts credit milestones in your Status
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser


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