Choosing BOINC projects
BOINC is used by many volunteer computing projects. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by private groups or individuals. You can participate in any number of these projects.
In deciding whether to participate in a project, read its web site and think about:
- 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.
| Name Mouse over for details; click to visit web site | Category | Area | Sponsor | Supported platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmology@Home | Physical Science | Astronomy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |     Details |
| Milkyway@home | Physical Science | Astronomy | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |   Details |
| Universe@Home | Physical Science | Astronomy | University of Warsaw |   Details |
| Asteroids@home | Physical Science | Astrophysics | Charles University in Prague |  Details |
| Einstein@home | Physical Science | Astrophysics | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (USA), Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Hanover (Germany) |  Details |
| Rosetta@home | Biology and Medicine | Biology | University of Washington | Details |
| SIDock@home | Biology and Medicine | Biomedicine | The COVID.SI project and the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Details |
| Climateprediction.net | Earth Sciences | Climate study | Oxford University | Details |
| Gerasim@Home | Mathematics, computing, and games | Computer engineering | Southwest State University (Russia) | Details |
| iThena | Mathematics, computing, and games | Computer science | Cyber-Complex Foundation | Details |
| Moo! Wrapper | Mathematics, computing, and games | Cryptography and combinatorics | Independent | Details |
| Radioactive@Home | Distributed sensing | Environmental research | BOINC Poland Foundation | Details |
| NFS@home | Mathematics, computing, and games | Factorization of large integers | California State University Fullerton | Details |
| Minecraft@Home | Mathematics, computing, and games | Games | Independent | Details |
| Amicable Numbers | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| Collatz Conjecture | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| LODA | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| NumberFields@home | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Arizona State University, school of Mathematics | Details |
| ODLK | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| ODLK1 | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| PrimeGrid | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| RakeSearch | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences | Details |
| Ramanujan Machine | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| SRBase | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| YAFU | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| Yoyo@home | Multiple applications | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| DENIS@Home | Biology and Medicine | Medical physiology | San Jorge University, Zaragoza, Spain | Details |
| World Community Grid | Multiple applications | Medical, environmental and other humanitarian research | Krembil Research Institute | Details |
| QuChemPedIA@home | Physical Science | Molecular Chemistry | Université d’Angers | Details |
| RNA World | Biology and Medicine | Molecular biology | Rechenkraft.net e.V. | Details |
| GPUGrid.net | Biology and Medicine | Molecular simulations of proteins | Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) | Details |
| BOINC Central | Multiple applications | Multiple science areas | University of California, Berkeley | Details |
| nanoHUB@Home | Physical Science | Nanoscience | Purdue University | Details |
| LHC@home | Physical Science | Physics | CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) | Details |
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