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BOINC Manager

Name: BOINC Manager
Author: University of California

Contribute computing power to projects doing research in many scientific areas.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: LGPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: University of California
Latest version: 8.2.12 (30 April 2026)
Latest activity: 30 April 2026

At a glance

BOINC Manager is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (LGPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

BOINC lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer. The BOINC app, running on your computer, downloads scientific computing jobs and runs them invisibly in the background. It's easy and safe. About 30 science projects use BOINC. They investigate diseases, study climate change, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. The BOINC and Science United projects are located at the University of California, Berkeley and are supported by the National Science Foundation.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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