Joining a project

You can join a BOINC project as follows:

1. Visit the project's web site and create an account. This involves filling out a form with
   • An email address.
   • A public "screen name" (real name or nickname).
   • Country (optional)
   • Postal Code (optional)
2. You will receive an email containing an account key (a long random string).
3. Download and install the BOINC client program. It will ask for a project URL and an account key. Enter the project's URL, cut and paste the account key from the email.

That's it! You can go to the project web site to set your user preferences.

Multiple hosts under one account

You can run BOINC on many hosts, all under one account. Once you have created an account as above, you can add new hosts in either of two ways:

1. Download and install the BOINC client program on each host, and cut and paste the project URL and account ID as above.
2. If the new host is the same type as an existing host, copy the contents of the BOINC installation directory from an existing host to the new host.