BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is an open-source platform that enables distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. It allows researchers to harness massive amounts of processing power from public participants for scientific projects such as climate research, disease modeling, and astrophysics. BOINC supports cross-platform deployment and is backed by a large, active community.

Features

  • Distributes computing tasks across thousands of volunteer machines
  • Supports cross-platform client applications for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Scales to support large-scale scientific and academic research
  • Provides project management tools and server components
  • Includes scheduling, resource sharing, and error handling
  • Backed by a secure protocol and user account system

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 3.0 (LGPLv3)

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PHP

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Registered

2025-05-21