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

Linux

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

Mac

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

Mobile

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

Web browser toolbars and plugins

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Description
BOINC User Statistics Widget Widget displays statistics for BOINC projects (requires the Yahoo! widget engine)
BOINC Statistics Shows your statistics for any BOINC project (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
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
BoincPHP5-GUI Monitor and control Boinc from a web browser


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