Computing with BOINC

BOINC is a platform for 'volunteer computing': using lots of consumer devices (desktops, laptops, tables, phones) to do scientific computing. The goal of BOINC is to provide large computing power at small cost.

For help with BOINC, post to the BOINC projects email list.

Introductory docs

• BOINC overview
• BOINC projects
• Create a BOINC server (cookbook) ·
• BOINC apps (introduction)
• Running Linux apps on BOINC
  • BOINC Universal Docker App · job submission · setup · implementation
  • Docker apps · Cookbook
  • WSL apps · Cookbook
  • VirtualBox apps · Cookbook
• Job processing
  • Introduction · Cookbook
• Error handling
  • Introduction · Cookbook
• Going public

Advanced docs

• Documentation index

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Old (mostly outdated) docs:

• Create a BOINC server using a VM image with BOINC software pre-installed. Note: this image is out of date.
• Create a BOINC server on AWS using the same VM image.
• Create a BOINC server using Docker Note: the Docker images are out of date.
• External docs