awesome-volunteer-computing

A collaborative, SETI@home-style fork of autoresearch where multiple agents on different GPUs share results to improve language models through the Ensue shared memory network.

The gold standard in open-source volunteer computing, powering dozens of scientific research projects.

Turns donated computing power into charitable donations or rewards for users.

A minimalist JavaScript framework enabling distributed computing inside any modern web browser using Web Workers.

Vodafone Foundation's mobile app that powers medical and nutritional research while your phone charges.

Run your own AI cluster at home with everyday devices. Unifies existing devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi) into one powerful distributed GPU for running various AI models including LLaMA, Mistral, and LlaVA.

Describes the architecture, features, and implementation of the widely used BOINC middleware.

Examines task retrieval policies and techniques to increase productivity.

Proposes a more personal, web-based approach to volunteer computing and introduces the Pando platform.

Explores task scheduling strategies for maximizing benefits in VCPs considering deadlines.

Investigates factors influencing volunteer retention and contribution levels.

Analyzes measurements from ~330k hosts to assess the capacity of volunteer computing beyond CPU power.

Comprehensive guide covering the SDK, APIs, server/client setup, and creating BOINC-compatible applications.

A federated learning framework that enables training machine learning models across distributed devices while preserving data privacy. Supports PyTorch Lightning and other ML frameworks.

Resources for integrating blockchain-based incentives (GridCoin) with distributed computing (primarily BOINC).

A library for building scalable WebRTC P2P mesh networks in a tree overlay structure, useful for browser-based distributed applications.

Explanation from the perspective of a major project.

Discusses volunteer computing as a form of citizen science.

Comprehensive encyclopedia article.

General overview article.

Climate modeling research studying weather patterns, climate change, and environmental impacts.

Medical physiology research from San Jorge University studying human physiological systems.

Cryptographic challenges and optimal Golomb ruler searches, completed OGR-28 in 2022.

Searches for gravitational waves and pulsars in massive astrophysical datasets.

Simulates protein folding to better understand diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's. (

Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, discovered the largest known prime in 2024 (41M digits).

Hub for discovering citizen science projects.

Popular platform for web-based citizen science projects (classification, transcription).