Template:Infobox software

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Template:Infobox software

Modern BOINC-oriented infobox template for distributed computing and software project articles.

Parameters

Parameter Description Required
name Software name (defaults to page name) No
logo Logo filename No
logo caption Caption below logo No
screenshot Screenshot filename No
caption Caption below screenshot No
Development
developer Developer name No
author Original author No
sponsor Sponsoring organization No
maintainer Current maintainer No
released Initial release date No
completed Completion date or status No
discontinued Discontinuation date (shown in red) No
repository Source code repository link No
Software
platform Platform (e.g. BOINC) No
programming language Language(s) the software is written in No
operating system Supported operating systems No
language UI language(s) No
size Download/install size No
Project
project status Active, Retired, etc. No
type Software type (e.g. Application) No
genre Genre (e.g. Volunteer computing) No
category Research category (e.g. Astrophysics, Mathematics) No
compute Processing type: CPU, GPU, or CPU & GPU No
dependencies Additional software required (e.g. VirtualBox, CUDA, Git) No
BOINC statistics
stats as of Date the statistics below were recorded No
average performance Average FLOPS or equivalent No
active users Current active user count No
total users All-time total users No
active hosts Current active host count No
total hosts All-time total hosts No
Analytics
rac Recent Average Credit No
credit per day Credits granted per day No
gpu performance GPU-specific performance metric No
cpu performance CPU-specific performance metric No
Metadata
website Official website URL No
license Software license No

Full example

{{Infobox software
| name                 = Einstein@Home
| logo                 = Ein.jpg
| logo caption         = Einstein@Home logo
| screenshot           = [email protected]
| caption              = Einstein@Home screensaver

| developer            = Bruce Allen
| author               = Bruce Allen
| sponsor              = Max Planck Society
| maintainer           = Einstein@Home team
| released             = {{Start date and age|2005|02|19}}
| completed            = No
| discontinued         =
| repository           = {{URL|https://git.ligo.org/einsteinathome}}

| platform             = BOINC
| programming language = C, C++
| operating system     = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
| language             = English
| size                 = ~50 MB

| project status       = Active
| type                 = Application
| genre                = Volunteer computing
| category             = Astrophysics
| compute              = CPU & GPU
| dependencies         = None

| stats as of          = {{Start date and age|2026|05|19}}
| average performance  = 21 PFLOPS
| active users         = 14531
| total users          = 1061585
| active hosts         = 24489
| total hosts          = 8237726

| rac                  = 18500000
| credit per day       = 950000
| gpu performance      = 15 PFLOPS
| cpu performance      = 6 PFLOPS

| website              = {{URL|https://einsteinathome.org/}}
| license              = GPL-2.0-or-later
}}

Minimal example

{{Infobox software
| name                 = My Project
| developer            = Jane Smith
| released             = {{Start date and age|2020|01|01}}
| platform             = BOINC
| operating system     = Windows, Linux, macOS
| project status       = Active
| genre                = Volunteer computing
| compute              = CPU
| website              = {{URL|https://example.org/}}
| license              = MIT
}}