BUDA overview

BOINC Universal Docker app (BUDA) is a framework for running Docker-based apps on BOINC. It provides an easy way to run Linux apps (perhaps in complex software environments) on volunteer computers (mostly Windows and Mac).

BUDA lets scientists:

• develop Docker-based applications (possibly using GPUs);
• run batches of jobs (with different input files and command lines) with these applications;
• monitor these jobs and download their output files.

Everything is done through a simple web interface. Scientists don't need to understand anything about BOINC; they don't need to log in to the project's BOINC server.

If you're a scientist using a BUDA-enabled BOINC project, read about BUDA job submission.

If you administer a BOINC project and want to BUDA-enable it, read about BUDA setup. To learn how it works, read BUDA implementation.