BOINC/boinc

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

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README

BOINC is a software platform for "volunteer computing": large-scale distributed high-throughput computing using volunteered home computers and other resources.

The University of California holds the copyright on all BOINC source code. By submitting contributions to the BOINC code, you irrevocably assign all right, title, and interest, including copyright and all copyright rights, in such contributions to The Regents of the University of California, who may then use the code for any purpose that it desires.

License

BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Contributors

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davidpanderson

11,695 commits

romw

7,833 commits

AenBleidd

2,806 commits

tristanolive

977 commits

BOINC/boinc

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

2,462

stars

28,858

commits

C++

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

boinc.berkeley.edu
android
boinc
citizen-science
c-plus-plus
distributed-computing
grid-computing
hacktoberfest
high-performance-computing
high-throughput-computing
java
kotlin
php
science
scientific-computing
volunteer-computing

README

BOINC is a software platform for "volunteer computing": large-scale distributed high-throughput computing using volunteered home computers and other resources.

The University of California holds the copyright on all BOINC source code. By submitting contributions to the BOINC code, you irrevocably assign all right, title, and interest, including copyright and all copyright rights, in such contributions to The Regents of the University of California, who may then use the code for any purpose that it desires.

License

BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Contributors

(top 30 of 152)

davidpanderson

11,695 commits

romw

7,833 commits

AenBleidd

2,806 commits

tristanolive

977 commits

Languages

C++

54.9%

PHP

15.1%

C

9.6%

Kotlin

9.1%

Shell

3.7%

Python

2.7%

M4

1.3%