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 them. 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.

Desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux)

Add-on click for info	Description
Fresco	A modern and full-featured BOINC GUI
BOINC-RPC	A lightweight middleware that connects BOINC distributed computing status to Discord Rich Presence.

Windows

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

Linux

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

Mac

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

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
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

Add-on click for info	Description
SETI@home/BOINC progress status	Show your SETI@home/BOINC progress on your homepage
GOINC	GOINC: A Google homepage module for keeping tabs on BOINC.
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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