Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources

Overview of BOINC

Participating
    Donate computing power to BOINC-based projects.

Creating BOINC projects
    Use BOINC to develop distributed applications

Developing BOINC
    Help debug and enhance BOINC software.

Other resources
    Source code: download | CVS.
    bug-tracking database
    Non-English sites about BOINC    

Contact us


BOINC is supported by the National Science Foundation

Status

BOINC is under development. We are conducting a beta test of BOINC using the SETI@home and Astropulse applications. The public release will be announced on the SETI@home web site. Several other distributed computing projects are evaluating BOINC.

News

March 16, 2004
An unauthorized BOINC graphic.

February 11, 2004
BOINC is being used at the Scripps Research Institute to run a distributed version of CHARMM (a program for macromolecular simulations).

February 1, 2004
BOINC now has an anonymous platform mechanism which 1) allows computers of any type to participate in a BOINC project, and 2) allows participants to run only software they have compiled themselves, should they so desire.

January 22, 2004
The BOINC core client now provides a set of RPCs allowing separate GUIs to be developed.

Archived news