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[[File | <div class="bs-hero-title">BOINC Projects</div> | ||
<div class="bs-hero-subtitle">The most comprehensive encyclopedia of BOINC volunteer computing projects on the web</div> | |||
<div | <div class="bs-hero-btn">'''[[BOINC projects|➜ Browse the Complete BOINC Projects Table]]'''</div> | ||
<div | <div class="bs-hero-note">The definitive, community-maintained table documenting every known active and retired BOINC project. The most comprehensive BOINC project list anywhere on the internet.</div> | ||
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'''[[BOINC projects|➜ Browse the Complete BOINC Projects Table]]''' | |||
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The definitive, community-maintained table documenting every known active and retired BOINC project. The most comprehensive BOINC project list anywhere on the internet. | |||
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<div | <div class="bs-stat-label">[[BOINC projects|Projects listed]]</div> | ||
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<div | <div class="bs-stat-label">[[BOINC project screensavers|Screensavers archived]]</div> | ||
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WHAT IS A BOINC PROJECT? | WHAT IS A BOINC PROJECT? | ||
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<span | <span class="bs-definition-label">What is a BOINC project?</span> | ||
'''A BOINC project''' is a website and associated server set up by an individual or group to distribute applications to [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC] volunteer computing devices. Those devices deliberately attach to receive, process, and return results for further scientific research — at no cost to the researcher, and no cost to the volunteer beyond electricity. | '''A BOINC project''' is a website and associated server set up by an individual or group to distribute applications to [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC] volunteer computing devices. Those devices deliberately attach to receive, process, and return results for further scientific research — at no cost to the researcher, and no cost to the volunteer beyond electricity. | ||
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<div | <div class="bs-cta-title">📋 The BOINC Projects Master Table</div> | ||
<div | <div class="bs-cta-body">The [[BOINC projects|List of all BOINC projects]] table is the heart of this wiki — a structured, sortable reference covering project name, research field, institution, supported platforms, active status, GPU support, and more. It is the primary reason this resource exists and the most complete registry of BOINC projects available anywhere.</div> | ||
The [[BOINC projects|List of all BOINC projects]] table is the heart of this wiki — a structured, sortable reference covering project name, research field, institution, supported platforms, active status, GPU support, and more. It is the primary reason this resource exists and the most complete registry of BOINC projects available anywhere. | <big>'''[[BOINC projects|View the complete list of BOINC projects →]]'''</big> | ||
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<div class="bs-cta-title">📺 BOINC Project Screensaver Archive</div> | |||
<div class="bs-cta-body">Before modern power management made them obsolete, every BOINC project shipped a real-time animated screensaver showing the computation in progress, including protein chains folding, star fields sweeping and climate models spinning. All 71 known screensaver recordings, spanning projects from SETI@home to Pirates@Home, are now preserved in one place.</div> | |||
<big>'''[[BOINC project screensavers|View the BOINC Screensaver Archive →]]'''</big> | |||
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Each project below has its own dedicated article on this wiki. Projects are grouped by research domain and activity status. | Each project below has its own dedicated article on this wiki. Projects are grouped by research domain and activity status. | ||
=== ✦ Active BOINC projects === | === ✦ Active BOINC projects === | ||
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🔭 Astrophysics, Cosmology & Space | |||
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* [[Einstein@Home]] gravitational wave and pulsar detection | |- | ||
* [[MilkyWay@home]] mapping the Milky Way's structure | | * [[Einstein@Home]] gravitational wave and pulsar detection | ||
* [[LHC@home]] CERN particle physics simulations | | * [[MilkyWay@home]] mapping the Milky Way's structure | ||
* [[Gaia@home]] ESA Gaia mission data reduction | |- | ||
* [[SPACIOUS@home]] space situational awareness | | * [[LHC@home]] CERN particle physics simulations | ||
| * [[Gaia@home]] ESA Gaia mission data reduction | |||
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| colspan="2" | * [[SPACIOUS@home]] space situational awareness | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🧬 Biology, Medicine & Biochemistry</div> | ||
🧬 Biology, Medicine & Biochemistry | |||
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| * [[GPUGRID]] GPU-accelerated biomolecular simulations | |||
| * [[TN-Grid]] neurological research | |||
* [[GPUGRID]] GPU-accelerated biomolecular simulations | |- | ||
* [[TN-Grid]] neurological research | | * [[Rosetta@home]] protein structure prediction | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible | <div class="bs-group bs-group-blue mw-collapsible"><div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🔢 Mathematics, Number Theory & Cryptography</div> | ||
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🔢 Mathematics, Number Theory & Cryptography | |||
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* [[PrimeGrid]] prime number searches across many sub-projects | |* [[Gerasim@home]] multi-project. number field sieve factorisation | ||
* [[NFS@Home]] number field sieve factorisation | | | ||
* [[SRBase]] Sierpinski-Riesel base search | |- | ||
* [[NumberFields@Home]] algebraic number field tables | | * [[PrimeGrid]] prime number searches across many sub-projects | ||
* [[YAFU]] yet another factorisation utility | | * [[NFS@Home]] number field sieve factorisation | ||
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* [[LODA]] integer sequence program synthesis | | * [[SRBase]] Sierpinski-Riesel base search | ||
* [[Moo! Wrapper]] distributed.net RC5-72 wrapper | | * [[NumberFields@Home]] algebraic number field tables | ||
* [[ODLK]] orthogonal diagonal Latin squares | |- | ||
* [[ODLK1]] ODLK variant 1 | | * [[YAFU]] yet another factorisation utility | ||
* [[ODLK2025]] ODLK 2025 campaign | | * [[LODA]] integer sequence program synthesis | ||
* [[Rakesearch]] Latin square searches | |- | ||
| * [[Moo! Wrapper]] distributed.net RC5-72 wrapper | |||
| * [[ODLK]] orthogonal diagonal Latin squares | |||
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| * [[ODLK1]] ODLK variant 1 | |||
| * [[ODLK2025]] ODLK 2025 campaign | |||
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| * [[Rakesearch]] Latin square searches | |||
| * [[SPT]] Symmetric Prime Tuples | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🌍 Climate, Environment & Earth Sciences</div> | ||
🌍 Climate, Environment & Earth Sciences | |||
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* [[Climateprediction.net|climate''prediction''.net]] global climate ensemble modelling | |- | ||
* [[Asteroids@home]] asteroid orbit determination | | * [[Climateprediction.net|climate''prediction''.net]] global climate ensemble modelling | ||
* [[Radioactive@home]] background radiation monitoring | | * [[Asteroids@home]] asteroid orbit determination | ||
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| * [[Radioactive@home]] background radiation monitoring | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🤖 Artificial Intelligence, Computing & Infrastructure</div> | ||
🤖 Artificial Intelligence, Computing & Infrastructure | |||
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* [[IThena.Computational]] computational measurement network | |- | ||
* [[IThena.Measurements]] network performance metrics | | * [[IThena.Computational]] computational measurement network | ||
* [[BOINC Central]] BOINC infrastructure project | | * [[IThena.Measurements]] network performance metrics | ||
* [[WUProp@Home]] work unit propagation statistics | |- | ||
* [[ | | * [[BOINC Central]] BOINC infrastructure project | ||
| * [[WUProp@Home]] work unit propagation statistics | |||
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|* [[Yoyo@home]] scientific and mathematical subprojects | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🧪 Physics, Chemistry & Materials Science</div> | ||
🧪 Physics, Chemistry & Materials Science | |||
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* [[USPEX@HOME]] crystal structure prediction | |- | ||
* [[World Community Grid]] multi-domain humanitarian research | | * [[USPEX@HOME]] crystal structure prediction | ||
| * [[World Community Grid]] multi-domain humanitarian research | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🕹️ Community, Recreation & Miscellaneous</div> | ||
🕹️ Community, Recreation & Miscellaneous | |||
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* [[Minecraft@Home]] Minecraft world-seed research | |- | ||
* [[PRIVATE GFN SERVER]] private Generalized Fermat Number server | | * [[Minecraft@Home]] Minecraft world-seed research | ||
| * [[PRIVATE GFN SERVER]] private Generalized Fermat Number server | |||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">🧫 Test & Development Projects</div> | ||
🧫 Test & Development Projects | |||
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<div | <div class="bs-group-note">These projects serve as active testing and development platforms for BOINC software and infrastructure rather than primary research goals.</div> | ||
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* [[Cpdnboinc dev]] cpdn development and testing server | |- | ||
| colspan="2" | * [[Cpdnboinc dev]] cpdn development and testing server | |||
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=== ✦ Paused BOINC projects === | === ✦ Paused BOINC projects === | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">⏯ Paused projects (expand)</div> | ||
⏯ Paused projects (expand) | |||
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<div | <div class="bs-group-note">These projects are temporarily suspended but have not formally closed. Work may resume in future.</div> | ||
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* [[DENIS@home]] cardiac electrophysiology research, currently paused | |- | ||
| * [[DENIS@home]] cardiac electrophysiology research, currently paused | |||
<div | |* [[SiDock@home]] drug candidate screening | ||
''See the [[BOINC projects|master BOINC projects table]] for the most current status of all projects.'' | |} | ||
</div> | <div class="bs-group-footer">''See the [[BOINC projects|master BOINC projects table]] for the most current status of all projects.''</div> | ||
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=== ✦ Retired & inactive BOINC projects === | === ✦ Retired & inactive BOINC projects === | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle | <div class="bs-group-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle">⏸ Retired projects (expand)</div> | ||
⏸ Retired projects (expand) | |||
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<div | <div class="bs-group-note">These projects have suspended operations or are no longer accepting new work units. Their pages are preserved here for historical reference and research continuity.</div> | ||
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* [[GoofyxGrid@Home NCI]] non-covalent interaction analysis | |- | ||
* [[Parlea]] RNA 3D structure motif analysis | | * [[Albert@Home]] developement site for Einstein@Home | ||
* [[ | | * [[Amicable Numbers]] amicable pair enumeration | ||
* [[ | |- | ||
* [[ | |* [[AQUA@home]] model the performance of superconducting adiabatic quantum computers | ||
* [[Ramanujan Machine]] conjectured mathematical identities | | | ||
* [[ | |- | ||
* [[ | | * [[Axiom Distributed AI]] distributed AI model training | ||
* [[ | | * [[BlackHoles@Home]] black hole binary merger waveforms | ||
* [[WEP-M+2 Project]] | |- | ||
|* [[Big and Ugly Rendering Project]] distributed video rendering | |||
<div | |* [[CAS@home]] hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, best known for running the TreeThreader protein structure | ||
''See the [[BOINC projects|master BOINC projects table]] for definitive active/inactive status on all documented projects.'' | |- | ||
</div> | |* [[CAS@home|Cels@Home]] hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, best known for running the TreeThreader protein structure | ||
|* [[Collatz Conjecture]] testing the 3x+1 conjecture | |||
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| * [[Cosmology@Home]] astronomical research | |||
| * [[Distributed Hardware Evolution Project]] synthesize self-checking digital hardware circuits | |||
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| * [[Data freezer]] long-term data archival research | |||
| * [[Docking@Home]] CHARMM-based protein-ligand docking simulations to search for new pharmaceutical drugs | |||
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|* [[GoofyxGrid@Home NCI]] non-covalent interaction analysis | |||
|* [[HashClash]] search for MD5 and SHA-1 hash collisions, culminating in the 2008 rogue certificate authority attack | |||
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|* [[GoofyxGrid@Home NCI|Ibercivis]] simulations in nuclear fusion, protein docking, materials science, and number theory | |||
|* [[Leiden Classical]] submit personal classical mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations | |||
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| * [[nanoHUB@Home]] nanotechnology simulation | |||
| * [[Parlea]] RNA 3D structure motif analysis | |||
|- | |||
|* [[Malariacontrol.net]] simulate the transmission dynamics and health effects of malaria | |||
|* [[MindModeling@Home]] computational cognitive modeling to study human performance and learning | |||
|- | |||
| * [[Predictor@home]] protein folding and the first BOINC project | |||
| * [[Pirates@Home]] help to develop Einstein@Home screensaver and test BOINC software | |||
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| * [[proteins@home]] tackled the inverse protein folding problem | |||
| * [[QMC@Home]] develop and apply Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods for use in quantum chemistry | |||
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|* [[QuChemPedIA@home]] run density functional theory (DFT) quantum chemistry calculations | |||
|* [[Rectilinear Crossing Number Project]] determine the rectilinear crossing number of the complete graph K18 | |||
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| * [[RALPH@home]] developement site for Rosetta@home | |||
| * [[Ramanujan Machine]] conjectured mathematical identities | |||
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| * [[RNA World (beta)]] RNA folding and molecular evolution | |||
| * [[SETI@home]] search for extraterrestrial intelligence | |||
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|* [[SAT@home]] solve hard instances of the Boolean satisfiability problem | |||
|* [[SIMAP]] pre-calculated protein sequence similarities for a database used by bioinformaticians | |||
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|* [[Spinhenge@home]] simulating spin dynamics in nanoscale molecular magnets | |||
|* [[SZTAKI Desktop Grid]] MTA SZTAKI in Budapest, running mathematics, physics, and digital humanities applications | |||
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|* [[TANPAKU]] used a Brownian dynamics method to study protein folding | |||
|* [[Proteins@home|T.Brada Experimental Grid]] the PADLS Total subproject aimed to find new pseudo-associative DLS | |||
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|* [[The Lattice Project]] Condor and PBS clusters, chiefly supporting phylogenetic analysis with the GARLI software | |||
|* [[MLC@Home]] understanding and interpreting complex machine learning models | |||
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| * [[Universe@Home]] stellar evolution modelling | |||
| * [[WEP-M+2 Project]] mersenne-related prime search | |||
|} | |||
<div class="bs-group-footer">''See the [[BOINC projects|master BOINC projects table]] for definitive active/inactive status on all documented projects.''</div> | |||
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== How to participate in BOINC projects == | == How to participate in BOINC projects == | ||
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<div | <div class="bs-step-title">1. Download BOINC</div> | ||
<div | <div class="bs-step-body">Get the free [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php BOINC client]. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.</div> | ||
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<div | <div class="bs-step-title">2. Choose a project</div> | ||
<div | <div class="bs-step-body">Browse the [[BOINC projects|complete BOINC projects list]] on this wiki. Filter by research field, platform support, or GPU availability.</div> | ||
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<div | <div class="bs-step-title">3. Attach & contribute</div> | ||
<div | <div class="bs-step-body">Attach via the BOINC client, and your idle computer begins processing work units automatically.</div> | ||
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Corrections, additions, and edits are welcome. If you know of a BOINC project not yet listed, please use the talk page or contact [https://boincsynergy.ca/ BOINC Synergy] directly. | Corrections, additions, and edits are welcome. If you know of a BOINC project not yet listed, please use the talk page or contact [https://boincsynergy.ca/ BOINC Synergy] directly. | ||
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<small>'''''BOINC projects''''' MediaWiki is developed by [https://boincsynergy.ca/ BOINC Synergy] · Content reflects the state of the BOINC ecosystem as of {{CURRENTYEAR}} · [[BOINC projects|Full projects table →]]</small> | <small>'''''BOINC projects''''' MediaWiki is developed by [https://boincsynergy.ca/ BOINC Synergy] · Content reflects the state of the BOINC ecosystem as of {{CURRENTYEAR}} · [[BOINC projects|Full projects table →]]</small> | ||
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