Choosing BOINC projects

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BOINC is used by many independent volunteer computing projects. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by companies and individuals. You can participate in several projects (ensuring that your computer will be kept busy even when one project has no work) and you can control how your computer's resources are divided among these projects.

In deciding whether to participate in a project, read its web site and consider the following questions:

We at BOINC have communicated with the following projects, and we believe that their descriptions (institution and area of research) are accurate. See also a complete list of projects.

Note: if your computer is equipped with an NVIDIA Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), you may be able to use it to compute faster.

Project name
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Project URL Supported platforms
Biology and Medicine
POEM@HOME http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows
The Lattice Project http://boinc.umiacs.umd.edu/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows
Rosetta@home http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
Superlink@Technion http://cbl-boinc-server2.cs.technion.ac.il/superlinkattechnion/ Unknown
GPUGrid.net http://www.gpugrid.net/ Playstation3/Linux, Windows, Linux/x64
Malariacontrol.net http://www.malariacontrol.net/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
Docking@Home http://docking.cis.udel.edu/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), windows_amd64, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
SIMAP http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
Mathematics, computing, and games
AQUA@home http://aqua.dwavesys.com/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
VTU@home http://boinc.vgtu.lt/vtuathome/ Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
SHA-1 Collision Search Graz http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/sha1_coll_search/ Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
PrimeGrid http://www.primegrid.com/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64, x86_64-pc-solaris
Chess960@home http://www.chess960athome.org/alpha/ Unknown
ABC@home http://abcathome.com/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
SZTAKI Desktop Grid http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, windows_intelx86_64, Mac OS X 64-bit
Rectilinear Crossing Number http://dist.ist.tugraz.at/cape5/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
NQueens@home http://nqueens.ing.udec.cl/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Linux/x64
Astronomy/Physics/Chemistry
Leiden Classical http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/ Linux/x86, Windows, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Linux/x64, i386-portbld-freebsd, Mac OS X
Milkyway@home http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x64, Mac OS X 64-bit, Linux/x64
Cosmology@Home http://www.cosmologyathome.org/ Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
LHC@home http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x64, Linux/x64
uFluids@home http://www.ufluids.net/ Windows
SETI@home http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris, SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows, Linux/x64
Spinhenge@home http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/ Unknown
Einstein@home http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows
Quantum Monte Carlo at Home http://qah.uni-muenster.de/ Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x64
Multiple applications
World Community Grid http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ Windows, Linux/x86, Mac OS X, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Linux/x64, i386-portbld-freebsd
Ibercivis http://registro.ibercivis.es/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Linux/x64
Earth Sciences
Climateprediction.net http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/ Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows

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