BOINC: compute for science

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BOINC is a program that lets you donate your idle computer time to science projects like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, and many others.

After installing BOINC on your computer, you can connect it to as many of these projects as you like.

Windows icon Windows
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6.2.18 for Windows (7.13 MB)
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6.2.18 for Windows 64-bit (7.72 MB)
Mac icon Mac OS X
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6.2.18 for Mac OS X (6.27 MB)
Linux icon Linux/x86
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6.2.15 for Linux x86 (4.35 MB)

The current release is known to work with these Linux versions:

  • Fedora Core 7 and 8
  • Debian 4.1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04
  • Mandriva, Sabayon, Mint, Gentoo, other Debian-based distributions

For other Linux versions, check if a BOINC package is offered by your Linux distribution.

  • Fedora 7 and higher: type 
    yum install boinc-client boinc-manager
    as root.
  • Debian and Ubuntu: package names boinc-client, boinc-manager (more info here). Also boinc-dev (for project developers).
  • Gentoo: package name sci-misc/boinc

Alternatively, download the BOINC client for older Linux versions. This doesn't have a graphical interface, but it should work on all Linux systems, both x86 and x64.

Download BOINC
6.2.15 for Linux x64 (4.55 MB)

The current release is known to work with these Linux versions:

  • Fedora Core 7 and 8
  • Debian 4.1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04
  • Mandriva, Sabayon, Mint, Gentoo, other Debian-based distributions

For other Linux versions, check if a BOINC package is offered by your Linux distribution.

  • Fedora 7 and higher: type 
    yum install boinc-client boinc-manager
    as root.
  • Debian and Ubuntu: package names boinc-client, boinc-manager (more info here). Also boinc-dev (for project developers).
  • Gentoo: package name sci-misc/boinc

Alternatively, download the BOINC client for older Linux versions. This doesn't have a graphical interface, but it should work on all Linux systems, both x86 and x64.

Download BOINC
6.2.15 for Older Linux x86 and x64 (2.11 MB)

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If your computer is not of one of the above types, you can

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