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Install BOINC

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

Install with winget
winget install --id UCBerkeley.BOINC
Upgrade
winget upgrade --id UCBerkeley.BOINC
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id UCBerkeley.BOINC

About BOINC

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.

What's new in 8.2.11

What's Changed - Improve battery level validation logic by @LezheGao in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/7012 - client: if allow_multiple_clients is set, don't do Docker cleanup by @davidpanderson in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/7021 - Mac fix recovery mode 2 by @CharlieFenton in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/7022 New Contributors - @LezheGao made their first contribution in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/7012 Full Changelog: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/compare/client_release/8.2/8.2.10...client_release/8.2/8.2.11

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
8.2.11 Unknown What's Changed - Improve battery level validation logic by @LezheGao in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/7012 - client: if allow_multiple_clients is set, don't do Docker cleanup by @davidpanderson in https://github.co...
8.2.9 Unknown What's Changed - [ci] add opensuse 16.0 to the stable release list by @AenBleidd in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/6696 - client, docker_wrapper (Win): run Podman commands as root by @davidpanderson in https://githu...
8.2.8 Unknown What's Changed - [client] don't check on android for installed vbox and docker. by @AenBleidd in https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/6668 - [client] on android querying of /proc/stat is forbidden by @AenBleidd in https:/...
8.2.4 Unknown Changelog - Enabling Podman on BOINC for Mac via #6311 by @davidpanderson - Make resource usages take effect after reread app_config.xml via #6339 by @davidpanderson - Use BOINC WSL distro if present via #6297 by @davidp...
8.0.4 Unknown No notes
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8.0.0 Unknown No notes
7.24.1 Unknown No notes
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