View source for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

{{Short description|Open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing}}

{{Infobox software
| name = BOINC
| logo = BOINC_logo.png
| logo size = 200px
| logo alt = BOINC logo
| screenshot = BOINC_Manager_Screenshot.jpg
| screenshot size = 280px
| screenshot alt = BOINC Manager Simple View
| caption = BOINC Manager Simple View
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|04|10|df=yes}}
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.2.4] [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]<br />{{Start date and age|2025|7|10|df=yes}}
[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.2.5] [[macOS]]<br />{{Start date and age|2025|7|16|df=yes}}
[https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc 8.2.4] [[Linux]]<br>{{Start date and age|2025|07|15|df=yes}}
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[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.0.2] [[Android (operating system)|Android]]<br>
{{Start date and age|2024|05|30|df=yes}}
| latest preview version = [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/releases/tag/client_release%2F8.2%2F8.2.5 8.2.5]
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2025|7|15|df=yes}}
| programming language = [[C++]] (client/server)<br />[[PHP]] (project CMS)<br />
[[Java (programming language)|Java]]/[[Kotlin (programming language)|Kotlin]] (Android client)
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]<br />[[macOS]]<br />[[Linux]]<br />
[[Android (operating system)|Android]]<br />[[FreeBSD]]<br />[[Raspberry Pi OS]]
| platform = 
| size = 
| language = 
| language count = 
| language footnote = 
| genre = [[Grid computing]] and [[volunteer computing]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-3.0-or-later]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/BOINC/boinc#license|title=BOINC License|website=[[GitHub]]|access-date=2021-07-27|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110205137/https://github.com/BOINC/boinc#license|url-status=live}}</ref><br />Project licensing varies
| website = {{URL|1=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/}}
| standard = 
| AsOf = 
}}[[File:BOINCconproyectos.png|right|frameless|294x294px|BOINC Manager Advanced View]]The '''Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=2020-03-01 |title=BOINC: A Platform for Volunteer Computing |journal=Journal of Grid Computing |language=en |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=99–122 |doi=10.1007/s10723-019-09497-9 |s2cid=67877103 |issn=1572-9184 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1903.01699 }}</ref> ('''BOINC''', pronounced {{IPAc-en|b|ɔɪ|ŋ|k}} {{Ndash}}rhymes with "oink"<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATbET3g54|title= Rosetta@home|date= 7 January 2007|editor1-last= Gonzalez|editor1-first= Laura Lynn|website= YouTube|publisher= Rosetta@home|access-date= 26 August 2015|archive-date= 3 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150903080653/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATbET3g54|url-status= live}}</ref>) is an [[Open-source model|open-source]] [[Middleware (distributed applications)|middleware]] system for [[volunteer computing]] (a type of [[distributed computing]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/how-to/save-the-world-using-your-pc-or-phone/|title=Save the world using your PC or phone|work=CNET|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520183346/https://www.cnet.com/how-to/save-the-world-using-your-pc-or-phone/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Developed originally to support [[SETI@home]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/aliens-on-your-packard-bell/527445/|title=A Brief History of SETI@Home|last=Scoles|first=Sarah|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523153545/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/aliens-on-your-packard-bell/527445/|url-status=live}}</ref> it became the platform for many other applications in areas as diverse as [[medicine]], [[molecular biology]], [[mathematics]], [[linguistics]], [[climatology]], [[environmental science]], and [[astrophysics]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Projects - BOINC Projects |url=https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/Projects |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=boincsynergy.ca |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222950/https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/Projects |url-status=live }}</ref> The purpose of BOINC is to enable researchers to utilize [[Computer performance|processing resources]] of [[personal computer]]s and other devices around the world.

BOINC development began with a group based at the [[Space Sciences Laboratory]] (SSL) at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and led by [[David P. Anderson]], who also led SETI@home. As a high-performance volunteer computing platform, BOINC brings together 34,236 active participants employing 136,341 active computers (hosts) worldwide, processing daily on average 20.164 [[FLOPS|PetaFLOPS]] {{as of|2021|November|16|lc=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOINC computing power|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/computing.php|access-date=2021-11-16|website=boinc.berkeley.edu|archive-date=2021-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116201046/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/computing.php|url-status=live}}</ref> (it would be the 21st largest processing capability in the world compared with an individual [[supercomputer]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=TOP500 List - November 2021 {{!}} TOP500|url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.top500.org|archive-date=2022-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408175319/https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) funds BOINC through awards SCI/0221529,<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0221529 Research and Infrastructure Development for Public-Resource Scientific Computing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119211256/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0221529 |date=2021-01-19 }}, The National Science Foundation</ref> SCI/0438443<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0438443 SCI: NMI Development for Public-Resource Computing and Storage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110182032/http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0438443 |date=2004-11-10 }}, The National Science Foundation</ref> and SCI/0721124.<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0721124 SDCI NMI Improvement: Middleware for Volunteer Computing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512182521/http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0721124 |date=2009-05-12 }}, The National Science Foundation</ref> ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' ranks BOINC as the largest [[computing grid]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Largest computing grid |url = http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-computing-grid |website = Guinness World Records |access-date = 2016-01-04 |archive-date = 2018-06-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163142/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-computing-grid |url-status = live }}</ref>

BOINC [[Source code|code]] runs on various [[operating system]]s, including [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref>{{cite web |url = https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=318 |title = Put your Android device to work on World Community Grid! |date = July 22, 2013 |access-date = July 31, 2013 |archive-date = October 9, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131009022611/https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=318 |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Linux]], and [[FreeBSD]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://people.freebsd.org/~pav/boinc.html |title= Manual sites of FreeBSD system |date= January 2, 2015 |access-date= April 23, 2015 |archive-date= January 17, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150117023911/http://people.freebsd.org/~pav/boinc.html |url-status= live }}</ref> BOINC is [[free software]] released under the terms of the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL).

==History==
BOINC was originally developed to manage the [[SETI@home]] project. [[David P. Anderson]] has said that he chose its name because he wanted something that was not "imposing", but rather "light, catchy, and maybe - like '[[Unix]]' - a little [[:wikt:risqué#Adjective|risqué]]", so he "played around with various acronyms and settled on 'BOINC'".<ref name=FAQ>[https://continuum-hypothesis.com/boinc_history.php#origins The Name and Logo], by [[David P. Anderson]], at Continuum-Hypothesis.com; published January 15, 2022; retrieved June 5, 2024</ref>

The original SETI client was a non-BOINC software exclusively for SETI@home. It was one of the first [[volunteer computing]] projects, and not designed with a high level of security. As a result, some participants in the project attempted to cheat the project to gain "credits", while others submitted entirely falsified work. BOINC was designed, in part, to combat these security breaches.<ref>{{cite web | last=Anderson | first=David P. | title=Public Computing: Reconnecting People to Science |date=November 2003 | url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/madrid.html | access-date= April 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515150048/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/madrid.html | archive-date=2007-05-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The BOINC project started in February 2002, and its first version was released on April 10, 2002. The first BOINC-based project was [[Predictor@home]], launched on June 9, 2004. In 2009, [[AQUA@home]] deployed multi-threaded CPU applications for the first time,<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Kamran |last1=Karimi |first2=Neil |last2=Dickson |first3=Firas |last3=Hamze | title = High-Performance Physics Simulations Using Multi-Core CPUs and GPGPUs in a Volunteer Computing Context | journal = International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications |volume=25 |pages=61–69 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1177/1094342010372928 |arxiv=1004.0023 |bibcode=2010arXiv1004.0023K |s2cid=14214535 }}</ref> followed by the first [[OpenCL]] application in 2010.

As of 15 August 2022, there are 33 projects on the official list.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php|title=Choosing BOINC projects|website=BOINC|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also, however, BOINC projects not included on the official list. Each year, an international BOINC Workshop is hosted to increase collaboration among project administrators. In 2021, the workshop was hosted virtually.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 BOINC Workshop|url=https://www.boincworkshop.org/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=2021 BOINC Workshop|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914073303/https://www.boincworkshop.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

While not affiliated with BOINC officially, there have been several independent projects that reward BOINC users for their participation, including [[Charity Engine]] (sweepstakes based on processing power with prizes funded by private entities who purchase computational time of CE users), Bitcoin Utopia (now defunct), and [[Gridcoin]] (a blockchain which mints coins based on processing power).

==Design and structure==
{{Main|BOINC client–server technology}}

BOINC is [[software]] that can exploit the unused [[Central processing unit|CPU]] and [[Graphics processing unit|GPU]] cycles on [[computer hardware]] to perform scientific computing. In 2008, BOINC's website announced that [[Nvidia]] had developed a language called [[CUDA]] that uses GPUs for scientific computing. With NVIDIA's assistance, several BOINC-based projects (e.g., [[MilkyWay@home]]. [[SETI@home]]) developed applications that run on NVIDIA GPUs using CUDA. BOINC added support for the [[ATI Technologies|ATI]]/[[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]] family of GPUs in October 2009. The GPU applications run from 2 to 10 times faster than the former CPU-only versions. GPU support (via [[OpenCL]]) was added for computers using [[macOS]] with AMD Radeon graphic cards, with the current BOINC client supporting OpenCL on Windows, Linux, and macOS. GPU support is also provided for [[Intel]] GPUs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GPU computing - BOINC|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/GPU_computing|access-date=2021-09-14|website=boinc.berkeley.edu|archive-date=2021-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803104847/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/GPU_computing|url-status=live}}</ref>

BOINC consists of a [[Server (computing)|server]] system and [[client software]] that communicate to  process and distribute work units and return results.

===Mobile application===
A BOINC app also exists for Android, allowing every person owning an Android device – smartphone, tablet and/or Kindle – to share their unused computing power. The user is allowed to select the research projects they want to support, if it is in the app's available project list.

By default, the application will allow computing only when the device is connected to a WiFi network, is being charged, and the battery has a charge of at least 90%.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 April 2018 |title=Android FAQ |url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Android_FAQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205444/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Android_FAQ |archive-date=28 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 |website=BOINC |publisher=UC Berkeley}}</ref> Some of these settings can be changed to users needs. Not all BOINC projects are available<ref name="BOINC_Projects">{{cite web |title=Projects |url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320102821/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |archive-date=2011-03-20 |access-date=2018-01-27 |website=BOINC}}</ref> and some of the projects are not compatible with all versions of Android operating system or availability of work is intermittent. Currently available projects<ref name="BOINC_Projects" /> are Asteroids@home, [[Einstein@Home]],  [[LHC@home]], [[Moo! Wrapper]], [[Rosetta@home]], [[World Community Grid]] and {{ill|Yoyo@home|ru}}. As of September 2021, the most recent version of the mobile application can only be downloaded from the BOINC website or the F-Droid repository as the official Google Play store does not allow downloading and running executables not signed by the app developer and each BOINC project has their own executable files.

===User interfaces===
BOINC can be controlled remotely by [[remote procedure call]]s (RPC), from the [[Command-line interface|command line]], and from a BOINC Manager. BOINC Manager currently has two "views": the ''Advanced View'' and the ''Simplified [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]''. The ''Grid View'' was removed in the 6.6.x clients as it was redundant. The appearance ([[Skin (computing)|skin]]) of the Simplified GUI is user-customizable, in that users can create their own designs.

===Account managers===
A BOINC Account Manager is an application that manages multiple BOINC project accounts across multiple computers (CPUs) and operating systems. Account managers were designed for people who are new to BOINC or have several computers participating in several projects. The account manager concept was conceived and developed jointly by [[GridRepublic]] and BOINC. Current and past account managers include:
* BAM! (BOINC Account Manager) (The first publicly available Account Manager, released for public use on May 30, 2006)
* [[GridRepublic]] (Follows the ideas of simplicity and neatness in account management)
* [[Charity Engine]] (Non-profit account manager for hire, uses prize draws and continuous charity fundraising to motivate people to join the grid)
* [[Science United]] (An account manager designed to make BOINC easier to use which automatically selects vetted BOINC projects for users based on desired research areas such as "medicine" or "physics")<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=September 2021 |title=Globally Scheduling Volunteer Computing |journal=Future Internet |language=en |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=229 |doi=10.3390/fi13090229 |issn=1999-5903|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Dazzler (Open-source Account Manager, to ease institutional management resources)

===Credit system===

{{Main|BOINC Credit System}}
* The BOINC Credit System is designed to avoid bad hardware and cheating by validating results before granting credit.
* The credit management system helps to ensure that users are returning results which are both statistically and scientifically accurate.
* Online volunteer computing is a complicated and variable mix of long-term users, retiring users and new users with different personal aspirations.

==Projects==
BOINC is used by many groups and individuals. Some BOINC projects are based at universities and research labs while others are independent areas of research or interest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Choosing BOINC projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Active===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 80%; width: auto;"
|+ Active Projects that have a Wikipedia page
|-
! Project Name
!Publications
! Launched
!Status
!Operating System
!GPU App
! Sponsor
! Category
! Research Focus
|-
| [[Climateprediction.net|climate''prediction''.net]]
|152 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Climateprediction.net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Climateprediction.net |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
| 2003-12-09
|307,359 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://www.cpdn.org/cpdnboinc/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.cpdn.org |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827113619/https://www.cpdn.org/cpdnboinc/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://www.cpdn.org/cpdnboinc/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.cpdn.org |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827113618/https://www.cpdn.org/cpdnboinc/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
| [[Oxford University]]
| [[Climate change scenario|Climate change]]
| Improve [[climate model|climate prediction models]]. Sub-project: [[Seasonal Attribution Project]].
|-
| [[Einstein@Home]]
|42 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Einstein@Home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Einstein@Home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
| 2005-02-19
|1,041,796 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Einstein@Home server status page |url=https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=einsteinathome.org |archive-date=2022-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822201356/https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=einsteinathome.org |archive-date=2022-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822201354/https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
| [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]], [[Max Planck Institute]]
| [[Astrophysics]]
| Search for [[pulsar]]s using [[Radio astronomy|radio signals]] and [[gravitational wave]] data
|-
|{{ill|Gerasim@Home|ru}}
|9 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Gerasim@home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Gerasim@home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2007-02-10
|6,811 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Server status |url=https://gerasim.boinc.ru/users/server_status.aspx |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=gerasim.boinc.ru |archive-date=2022-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901021701/https://gerasim.boinc.ru/users/server_status.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project application |url=https://gerasim.boinc.ru/users/viewApps.aspx |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=gerasim.boinc.ru |archive-date=2022-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901021703/https://gerasim.boinc.ru/users/viewApps.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
|{{ill|Southwest State University (Russia)|ru|Юго-Западный государственный университет}}
|Multiple applications
|Research in [[discrete mathematics]] and [[Control system#Logic control|logic control systems]]
|-
|[[Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture#Software and internet culture|GoofyxGrid@Home]]
|
|2016
|
|
|{{No}}
|Independent
|Mathematics
|Mathematically implement the Infinite monkey theorem
|-
|[[GPUGRID.net]]
|53 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#GPUGrid.net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#GPUGrid.net |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2007-12-05
|46,874 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://www.gpugrid.net/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.gpugrid.net |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827160611/https://www.gpugrid.net/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://www.gpugrid.net/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.gpugrid.net |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827160610/https://www.gpugrid.net/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: cyan; color: black;" | NVIDIA GPU only
|[[Barcelona Biomedical Research Park]]
|[[Molecular biology]]
|Perform full-atom molecular simulations of proteins on [[Nvidia]] [[GPU]]s for biomedical research
|-
|{{ill|iThena|pl|iThena}}
|2 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#IThena |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824084219/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#IThena |archive-date=2025-08-24 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite arXiv |last1=Swierczewski |first1=Lukasz |title=Structural Resilience Analysis of an Internet Fragment Against Targeted and Random Attacks -- A Case Study Based on iThena Project Data |date=2025-04-16 |class=cs.NI |eprint=2504.17796 }}</ref>
|2019
|507,079<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://root.ithena.net/usr/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=root.ithena.net |archive-date=2025-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822202142/https://root.ithena.net/usr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> + 180,789<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://comp.ithena.net/usr/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=comp.ithena.net |archive-date=2025-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822202345/https://comp.ithena.net/usr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> volunteers
|Windows, Linux, ARM<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://root.ithena.net/usr/apps.php |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=root.ithena.net |archive-date=2025-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823173704/https://root.ithena.net/usr/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|{{ill|Cyber-Complex Foundation (Poland)|pl|Fundacja Cyber-Complex|uk|Фонд Кібер-Комплекс|et|Sihtasutus Küber-Kompleksi}}
|[[Internet]]
|Measurements and analyses of global [[Internet]] architecture structures
|-
| [[LHC@home]]
|71 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#LHC@home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#LHC@home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
| 2004-01-09
|178,623 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=lhcathome.cern.ch |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808195559/https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android, FreeBSD<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=lhcathome.cern.ch |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827160610/https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
| [[CERN]]
| [[Physics]]
| Help construct and test the [[Large Hadron Collider]] and search for [[Elementary particle|fundamental particles]]
|-
| [[MilkyWay@home]]
|27 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Milkyway@home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Milkyway@home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
| 2007-07-07
|250,447 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=milkyway.cs.rpi.edu |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306143703/https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=milkyway.cs.rpi.edu |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306143632/https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
| [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]
| Astronomy
| Create a simulation of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy using data from the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]]
|-
|[[PrimeGrid]]
|3 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#PrimeGrid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#PrimeGrid |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2005-06-12
|353,261 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Server status page |url=https://www.primegrid.com/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.primegrid.com |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827173027/https://www.primegrid.com/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://www.primegrid.com/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.primegrid.com |archive-date=2022-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826172714/https://www.primegrid.com/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|Independent
|[[Mathematics]]
|Search for primes such as Generalized Fermat primes, 321 primes, [[Sierpiński number]]s, Cullen-Woodall primes, Proth prime, and Sophie Germain primes. Subprojects include [[Seventeen or Bust]], [[Riesel Sieve]], and [[AP27 Search]].
|-
|{{ill|RALPH@Home|fr}}
|Rosetta@home
|2006-02-15
|5548 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://ralph.bakerlab.org/server_status.php |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=ralph.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2022-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104095325/https://ralph.bakerlab.org/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://ralph.bakerlab.org/apps.php |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=ralph.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2022-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104095324/https://ralph.bakerlab.org/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|[[University of Washington]]
|Molecular biology
|Test project for Rosetta@home
|-
| [[Rosetta@home]]
|234 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Rosetta@home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Rosetta@home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
| 2005-10-06
|1,373,480 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=boinc.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827173028/https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=boinc.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2016-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314201835/https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
| [[University of Washington]]
| Molecular biology
| [[Protein structure prediction]] for disease research
|-
|{{ill|Tn-grid|it}}
|8 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TN-Grid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TN-Grid |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2013-12-19
|3,201 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/server_status.php |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=gene.disi.unitn.it |archive-date=2022-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911125511/https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=gene.disi.unitn.it |archive-date=2022-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911125509/https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|[[University of Trento]]
|[[Genetics]]
|Currently deploying gene@home work to expand gene networks 
|-
|-
|[[World Community Grid]]
|77 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#World |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#World |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2004-11-16
|85,119 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOINC stats - World Community Grid |url=https://www.boincstats.com/stats/15/project/detail/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.boincstats.com |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827173027/https://www.boincstats.com/stats/15/project/detail/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android<ref>{{Cite web |title=Choosing BOINC projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|[[Krembil Research Institute]]
|Multiple applications
|Subprojects: Open Pandemics - COVID-19. [[Clean Energy Project]], GO Drug Search for Leishmaniasis, Fight Against Malaria, Computing for Clean Water,  [[Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together]], OpenZika, [[Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy]], [[Help Defeat Cancer]], [[Help Conquer Cancer]], [[Help Fight Childhood Cancer]], [[Smash Childhood Cancer]], [[Human Proteome Folding Project]], Uncovering Genome Mysteries, [[FightAIDS@Home]], Let's outsmart Ebola together, Mapping Cancer Markers, Help Stop TB.
|-
|{{ill|Yoyo@home|ru}}
|9 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Yoyo@home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Yoyo@home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2007-07-19
|94,236 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detailed stats - yoyo@home |url=https://www.boincstats.com/stats/52/project/detail/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.boincstats.com |archive-date=2022-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901004636/https://www.boincstats.com/stats/52/project/detail/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, ARM, Solaris, Sony Playstation 3<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.rechenkraft.net |archive-date=2022-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724120125/https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
|Independent
|Multiple applications
|Using the BOINC Wrapper with existing volunteer projects
|}

===Completed===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 80%; width: auto;"
|+ Completed Projects that have a Wikipedia page
!Project Name
!Publications
!Launched
!Status
!Operating System
!GPU app
!Sponsor
!Category
!Research Focus
|-
|[[ABC@Home]]
|paper<ref>{{cite arXiv |last1=Martin |first1=Greg |last2=Miao |first2=Winnie |date=2014-09-10 |title=abc triples |class=math.NT |eprint=1409.2974 }}</ref>
|2006-11-21
|
|
|{{No}}
|Mathematical Institute of [[Leiden University]]
|Mathematics
|Find triples of the [[Abc conjecture|ABC conjecture]]
|-
|[[AQUA@home]]
|4 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#AQUA@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#AQUA@home }}</ref>
|2008-12-10
|
|
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|[[D-Wave Systems]]
|[[Computer science]]
|Predict the performance of [[Quantum computers]] 
|-
|[[Artificial Intelligence System]]
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|Intelligence Realm Inc
|[[Artificial intelligence]]
|Simulate the brain using [[Hodgkin–Huxley model]]s via an [[artificial neural network]]
|-
|[[Big and Ugly Rendering Project|Big and Ugly Rendering Project (BURP)]]
|2 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Big |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Big |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en }}</ref>
|2004-06-17
|
|
|{{No}}
|Independent
|[[Rendering (computer graphics)]]
|Use BOINC infrastructure with [[Blender (software)]] to render animated videos
|-
|{{ill|Collatz Conjecture project|de|Collatz Conjecture}}
|paper<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barina |first=David |date=2021-03-01 |title=Convergence verification of the Collatz problem |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-020-03368-x |journal=The Journal of Supercomputing |language=en |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=2681–2688 |doi=10.1007/s11227-020-03368-x |s2cid=220294340 |issn=1573-0484 |access-date=2022-10-01 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805175439/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11227-020-03368-x |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|2009-01-06<ref>{{cite web |author=Cruncher Pete |date=2011-09-02 |title=Information on Collatz Conjecture |url=http://www.setiusa.us/content.php?427-collatz-conjecture |access-date=2012-02-03 |archive-date=2013-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226034324/http://www.setiusa.us/content.php?427-collatz-conjecture |url-status=live }}</ref>
|67,719 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOINC {{!}} BOINC Combined Statistics |url=https://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_plugins/boinc/bp.php?project=94 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=boinc.netsoft-online.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910214654/https://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_plugins/boinc/bp.php?project=94 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-05 |title=Applications |url=https://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205091033/https://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/apps.php |archive-date=2019-02-05 }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|Independent
|Mathematics
|Study the unsolved  [[Collatz conjecture]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Collatz Conjecture |url=http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/ |access-date=2012-01-13 |archive-date=2017-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204131813/http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{ill|Correlizer|ru}}
|5 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Correlizer |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Correlizer }}</ref>
|2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=Correlizer |url=https://www.boincstats.com/stats/119/project/detail/ |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=www.boincstats.com |archive-date=2022-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910194615/https://www.boincstats.com/stats/119/project/detail/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|Biology
|Examining genome organization
|-
| [[Cosmology@Home]]
|5 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Cosmology@Home |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Cosmology@Home |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 2007-06-26
|87,465 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project status |url=http://www.cosmologyathome.org/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.cosmologyathome.org |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827113620/http://www.cosmologyathome.org/server_status.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=http://www.cosmologyathome.org/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.cosmologyathome.org |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827144447/http://www.cosmologyathome.org/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{No}}
| [[Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris]]
| [[Astronomy]]
| Develop simulations that best describe The Universe
|-
|[[Docking@Home]]
|20 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Docking@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Docking@home }}</ref>
|2006-09-11<ref>{{Cite web |title=Docking@Home Project News |url=http://docking.cis.udel.edu/about/project/news.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=docking.cis.udel.edu |archive-date=2022-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118234444/http://docking.cis.udel.edu/about/project/news.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[University of Delaware]]
|Molecular biology
|Use the [[CHARMM]] program to model protein-ligand [[Docking (molecular)|docking]]. The goal was the development of [[pharmaceutical drug]]s.
|-
|{{ill|EDGeS@Home|ru}}
|12 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#EDGeS@Home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#EDGeS@Home }}</ref>
|2009-10
|
|
|{{No}}
|MTA SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems
|Multiple applications
|Support of scientific applications developed by the EGEE and EDGeS community
|-
|[[eOn]]
|6 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#EOn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#EOn |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en }}</ref>
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[University of Texas at Austin]]
|[[Chemistry]]
|Theoretical chemistry techniques to solve problems in [[condensed matter physics]] and [[materials science]]
|-
|[[Evolution@Home]]
|6 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Yoyo@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230121940/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Yoyo@home }}</ref>
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|[[Evolutionary Biology]]
|Improve understanding of evolutionary processes
|-
|[[FreeHAL]]
|
|2006
|
|
|{{No}}
|Independent
|Artificial intelligence
|Compute information for software to imitate human conversation
|-
|[[HashClash]]
|11 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#HashClash |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230121940/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#HashClash }}</ref>
|2005-11-24
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Eindhoven University of Technology]]
|Cryptography
|Find [[Hash collision|collisions]] in the MD5 hash algorithm
|-
|[[Ibercivis]]
|18 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Ibercivis |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Ibercivis |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2008-06-22
|
|
|{{No}}
|Zaragoza, CETA-CIEMAT, CSIC, Coimbra
|Multiple applications
|Research in physics, material science and biomedicines
|-
|[[Leiden Classical]]
|2 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Leiden |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Leiden }}</ref>
|2005-05-12
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Leiden University]]
|Chemistry
|[[Classical mechanics]] for students and scientists
|-
|[[Malaria Control Project]]
|26 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Malariacontrol.net |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Malariacontrol.net }}</ref>
|2006-12-19
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute]]
|Model Diseases
|Stochastic modelling of clinical epidemiology and the natural history of [[Plasmodium falciparum]] malaria
|-
|[[MindModeling@Home]]
|6 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#MindModeling@Home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222151429/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#MindModeling@Home |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>
|2007-07-07
|24,574 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=Project status |url=http://mindmodeling.org/beta/server_status.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421024637/http://mindmodeling.org/beta/server_status.php |archive-date=2021-04-21 }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-13 |title=Applications |url=http://mindmodeling.org/beta/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713054820/http://mindmodeling.org/beta/apps.php |archive-date=2019-07-13 }}</ref>
|{{No}}
|[[University of Dayton Research Institute]] and [[Wright State University]]
|[[Cognitive science]]
|Making [[cognitive models]] of the human mind
|-
|[[uFluids@Home]]
|3 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#%C2%B5Fluids |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#%C2%B5Fluids }}</ref>
|2005-09-19
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Purdue University]]
|Physics, [[Aeronautics]]
|A computer simulation of two-phase flow behavior in microgravity and micro fluidics
|-
|[[OProject@Home]]
|paper<ref>{{cite arXiv |last=Swierczewski |first=Lukasz |date=2012-10-04 |title=The Distributed Computing Model Based on The Capabilities of The Internet |class=cs.NI |eprint=1210.1593 }}</ref>
|2012-08-13
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Olin Library]], [[Rollins College]]
|Mathematics
|Algorithm analysis. The library is open and available in the Code.google.com SVN repository.
|-
|[[orbit@home]]
|paper<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tricarico |first=Pasquale |date=2017-03-01 |title=The near-Earth asteroid population from two decades of observations |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103516300914 |journal=Icarus |language=en |volume=284 |pages=416–423 |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.008 |arxiv=1604.06328 |bibcode=2017Icar..284..416T |s2cid=85440139 |issn=0019-1035}}</ref>
|2008-04-03
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|{{No}}
|[[Planetary Science Institute]]
|Astronomy
|Monitor near-earth asteroids
|-
|{{ill|Pirates@home|es}}
|
|2004-06-02
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|{{No}}
|1 [[Vassar College]]
2 Spy Hill Research
|Software testing
|Mission 1: Test BOINC software and help to develop Einstein@Home [[screensaver]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-14 |title=Pirates@Home |url=http://pirates.vassar.edu/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050314084847/http://pirates.vassar.edu/ |archive-date=2005-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Mission 2: Develop forum software for ''Interactions in Understanding the Universe''<ref>{{Cite web |title=I2U2 |url=http://i2u2.spy-hill.net/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=i2u2.spy-hill.net |archive-date=2018-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219110024/http://i2u2.spy-hill.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[POEM@Home]]
|5 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#POEM@HOME |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#POEM@HOME }}</ref>
|2007-13-11
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|{{No}}
|[[University of Karlsruhe]]
|Molecular biology
|Model [[Protein folding]] using [[Anfinsen's dogma]]
|-
|[[Predictor@home]]
|5 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Predictor@Home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Predictor@Home }}</ref>
|2004-05-04
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|{{No}}
|[[The Scripps Research Institute]]
|Molecular biology
|Test new methods of protein structure prediction and algorithms in the context of the Sixth Biannual CASP<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-06-03 |title=CASP6 Home page |url=http://predictioncenter.llnl.gov/casp6/Casp6.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603231740/http://predictioncenter.llnl.gov/casp6/Casp6.html |archive-date=2004-06-03 }}</ref> experiment
|-
|[[proteins@home]]
|4 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Proteins@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Proteins@home }}</ref>
|2006-09-15
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|{{No}}
|[[École polytechnique]]
|[[Protein structure prediction]]
|Contribute to a better understanding of many diseases and pathologies and to progress in [[Medicine]] and [[Technology]]
|-
|[[QMC@Home]]
|7 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#QMC@Home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#QMC@Home }}</ref>
|2006-03-03
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|{{No}}
|[[University of Münster]]
|Chemistry
|Study the structure and reactivity of molecules using quantum chemistry and Monte Carlo techniques
|-
|[[Quake-Catcher Network]]
|13 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Quake-Catcher |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Quake-Catcher }}</ref>
|2008-02-03
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|{{No}}
|[[Stanford University]], then
[[University of Southern California]]
|[[Seismology]]
|Use accelerometers connected to personal computers and devices to detect earthquakes and to educate about seismology
|-
|[[Riesel Sieve]]
|
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|
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|{{No}}
|
|Mathematics
|Prove that 509,203 is the smallest Riesel number by finding a prime of the form ''k'' × 2<sup>''n''</sup> − 1 for all odd ''k'' smaller than 509,203
|-
|{{ill|SAT@home|ru}}
|8 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SAT@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SAT@home }}</ref>
|2011-09
|
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|{{No}}
|[[Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences]]
|Mathematics
|Solve discrete problems by reducing them to the problem of satisfiability of Boolean formulas
|-
| [[SETI@home]]
|12 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SETI@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SETI@home }}</ref>
|1999-05-17
|1,808,938 volunteers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detailed stats SETI@Home |url=https://www.boincstats.com/stats/0/project/detail/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.boincstats.com |archive-date=2022-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930100950/https://www.boincstats.com/stats/0/project/detail/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Windows, Linux, macOS, Android<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=setiathome.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005061217/https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|Astronomy
|Analyzing radio frequencies from space to search for [[Extraterrestrial intelligence|extraterrestrial life]]. Sub project: [[Astropulse]]
|-
|[[SETI@home beta]]
|see above
|2006-01-12
|
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| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU
|[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|[[Software testing]]
|Test project for [[SETI@home]]
|-
|[[Similarity Matrix of Proteins|SIMAP]]
|5 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SIMAP |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#SIMAP }}</ref>
|2006-04-26
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|{{No}}
|[[University of Vienna]]
|Molecular biology
|Investigated protein similarities
|-
|[[SLinCA@Home]]
|
|2010-09-14
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|
|{{No}}
|[[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]
|Physics
|Research in physics and [[materials science]]
|-
|[[Spinhenge@Home|Spinhenge@home]]
|3 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Spinhenge@home |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#Spinhenge@home }}</ref>
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]]
|[[genetic linkage]]
|Used [[genetic linkage]] analysis to find disease resistant [[genes]]
|-
|{{ill|TANPAKU|ja}}
|2 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TANPAKU |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TANPAKU }}</ref>
|2005-08-02<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-16 |title=News archive |url=http://issofty17.is.noda.tus.ac.jp/old_news.php |access-date=2022-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616191641/http://issofty17.is.noda.tus.ac.jp/old_news.php |archive-date=2006-06-16 }}</ref>
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[Tokyo University of Science]]
|Molecular biology
|Protein structure prediction using the [[Brownian dynamics|Brownian dynamics method]] 
|-
|[[The Lattice Project]]
|16 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#The |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#The }}</ref>
|2004-06-30<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-28 |title=The Lattice Project |url=https://lattice.umiacs.umd.edu/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828053805/https://lattice.umiacs.umd.edu/ |archive-date=2004-08-28 }}</ref>
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]
|[[Life science]]
|Multiple applications
|-
|[[theSkyNet]]
|3 papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications by BOINC Projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TheSkyNet |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113655/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/pubs.php#TheSkyNet }}</ref>
|2011-09-13
|
|
|{{No}}
|[[International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research]]
|Astronomy
|Analysis of [[radio astronomy]] data from telescopes
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
{{Commons}}
{{cols}}
* [[List of volunteer computing projects]]
* [[List of free and open-source Android applications]]
* [[List of grid computing projects]]
* [[List of citizen science projects]]
* [[List of crowdsourcing projects]]
* [[3G Bridge]]
* [[Africa@home]]
* [[Citizen Cyberscience Centre]]
* [[distributed.net]]
* [[Folding@home]]
* [[Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search]]
* [[grid.org]]
* [[Gridcoin]]
* [[David P. Anderson#Berkeley Open System for Skill Aggregation|BOSSA]]
{{colend}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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{{Authority control}}

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