[[PageOutline]] = BOINC software development overview = BOINC is free software, distributed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html Lesser General Public License] (LGPL), version 3 or later. The University of California holds the copyright on all BOINC source code. By submitting contributions to the BOINC code, you irrevocably assign all right, title, and interest, including copyright and all copyright rights, in such contributions to The Regents of the University of California, who may then use the code for any purpose that it desires. * [DevProcess The BOINC development process] * [DevProjects Help wanted - programming] * [/email_lists.php boinc_dev], an email list for BOINC developers * [CodingStyle Coding style] * [UsingSvn Using SVN] * [DebugClientWin Debugging the client on Windows] == Get and build BOINC software == * [SourceCode Get source code] * [SoftwarePrereqsUnix Software prerequisites] * [BuildSystem Building on Unix] * [PythonMysql Installing python-mysqldb] * [CompileApp Building applications] * [CompileClient Building the client] * [VmCompatibility Linux VM for building 'compatible' client] == Design docs for current development == * [GpuSched Client CPU/GPU scheduling] * [GpuWorkFetch Work fetch and GPUs] * [ScreensaverEnhancements Screensaver enhancements] == Implementation notes == === Client === * [ClientFiles File structure] * [ClientFsm FSM structure] * [ClientData Data structures] * [ClientLogic Main loop logic] * [ClientSched Client scheduling policies] * [HostMeasurement Host measurements] * [HostId Host identification] * [ClientApp Core client/application interaction (basic)] * [AutoAttach Automatic attach] * [AutoUpdate Automatic update] * [MemoryManagement Memory management] * [ScreensaverLogic Screensaver logic] * [/sandbox.php Sandbox implementation] * [ManagerImpl BOINC Manager] * [ClientSetupLogicWin Windows installer (V5) ] * [UnixClientPackage Client package layout for Unix] === Server programs === * [DataBase The BOINC database] * [BackendState Backend state transitions] * [BackendLogic The logic of backend programs] * [ServerDebug Debugging server components] * [ServerSecurity Notes on BOINC server security] * [DbDump Export statistics for 3rd-party sites] * [SingleJobImpl Single-job submission] * [AdaptiveReplication Adaptive replication] * [SchedMatch Scheduler job matchmaking] === Packaging === * [ClientSetupWinSix Version 6 Windows installer, design] * [ClientSetupLogicWinSix Version 6 Windows installer, implementation] * [UnixClientPackage Unix client packaging] * [RpmSpec Spec info for RPMs] * [UnixProjectPackage Unix project packaging] === PHP code (web pages and RPCs) === * [PhpDb PHP database abstraction layer] * [StyleSheets Style Sheets] === Protocols === * [CommIntro Protocol overview] * [RpcProtocol The scheduling server protocol] * [RpcPolicy Scheduling server timing and retry policies] * [FileUpload Data server protocol] * [PersFileXfer Persistent file transfers ] === Simulation === * [ClientSim Client simulator] * [/sim_form.php Web interface to client simulator] === Sourcecode documentation (in progress) === * [/doxygen/api/html/index.html API] * [/doxygen/client/html/index.html Client] * [/doxygen/manager/html/index.html Manager] * [/doxygen/server/html/index.html Server components] * [/doxygen/web/html/index.html PHP code] === Miscellaneous === * [LowLatency Low latency computing] * [CreditProposal Credit system proposal] * [OrgGrid Organizational Grid Management] * [PythonAppDev Python-based simplified app development] * [PythonMw Python master/worker system] * [CrossProjectId Cross-project identification] * [/loc_sim/ Simulator of a project using locality scheduling] * [PrefsImpl Preferences] * [TrickleImpl Trickle messages] * [VersionDiff How to see what has changed between two versions of an executable] * [XmlFormat XML formats] * [DiagnosticsApi Diagnostics API] == Historical == Design docs for old versions, or for ideas that never happened. * [PythonFramework Python testing framework] * [/api_v4.php Version 4 runtime system] * [/mac_intel.php Mac/Intel plan] * [/mac_devgroup.php Old Mac project plan] * [/new_setup.php Design of version 5 setup] * [/menubar.php Mac Menubar] * [/suggestions.php Usability discussion] * [/disk_management.php Disk management]