BOINC lets you contribute computing power on your home PC to projects doing research in many scientific areas. You can contribute to a single project, or to any combination of them.

If you'd like more information about BOINC, or need help installing BOINC, you can talk or chat with a BOINC volunteer.

Intermediate users

• Getting started
• Usage rules and privacy policy
• Choosing and joining projects
• Installing BOINC
  • The Windows installer
  • The Macintosh installer
  • Self-extracting archive
  • Core client executable
• Running BOINC
  • The BOINC manager
  • The BOINC screensaver
• Preferences
• Add-on software
• Heat and energy considerations
• Host identification and merging
• Participating in multiple projects
• Computation credit
• Teams
• Account managers
• Core client configuration
• Controlling BOINC remotely

Advanced users

• More core client configuration and options
• Make your own client software
  Run BOINC on uncommon platforms, or inspect the source code before you run it.
• BOINC as a Condor backfill job
• Proxy servers (why BOINC doesn't have them).
• CPU scheduling
• Creating a skin for the BOINC Manager

Related projects

• Clickworkers (from NASA Ames Research Center)
• Stardust@home (from UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab).
• Distributed Proofreaders