CVS repositories The BOINC source code is maintained two CVS modules:

boinc contains the source code for all parts of BOINC itself (client, server, web, database).
boinc_samples contains a sample BOINC application, upper_case, together with Windows and Mac project files and a Linux makefile for building the application. It also includes some bits of code (GLUT, jpeglib, etc.) that many applications will need, but which are not part of BOINC.

If you are developing an application, you should check out these modules in the same parent directory.

CVS tags

In the boinc module, the trunk is the development version; it may not compile or run. Other versions are tagged as follows:

stable: The latest publicly-released version, generally well-tested.
staging: The version currently being alpha-tested (so at least it compiles).
boinc_core_release_x_y_z: The source code for version x.y.z.

For a list of available tags, go here, scroll to the bottom of the page, and look at the popup menu after 'tag:'.

Source code

You can get the BOINC source code in two ways:

Access the CVS repository directly, e.g. with a command like

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc

to get the development version, or

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -r stable boinc

to get the stable version.

Browse the boinc or boinc_samples modules via a web-based interface. This is useful for getting individual files, or seeing the revision history.

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