Developer(s) | University of California, Berkeley |
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Initial release | 10 April 2002 |
Stable release | |
Preview release | |
Repository | github |
Development status | Active |
Written in |
C++ (client/server) PHP (project CMS) Java (Android client) |
Operating system |
Linux macOS Windows Android FreeBSD |
Type | Grid computing and Volunteer computing |
License |
GNU Lesser General Public License Project licensing varies |
Website | boinc |
28 August 2017
3 October 2017
7.4.22 Linux 17 September 2014
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC, pronounced /bɔɪŋk/ – rhymes with "oink"), an open-source middleware system, supports volunteer and grid computing. Originally developed to support the SETI@home project, it became generalized as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, linguistics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, environmental science, and astrophysics, among others. BOINC aims to enable researchers to tap into the enormous processing resources of multiple personal computers around the world.