Installing Docker

Docker is a system that makes it easy for BOINC projects to run applications on Windows, Mac and Linux computers. It's like VirtualBox but is more efficient and easier to use.

In the future, many BOINC projects will use Docker to package their apps. To run these apps, you'll need to have Docker installed on computers running BOINC.

Eventually we hope to include Docker in the BOINC installer. For now, you need to install it yourself. It's easy, and we strongly encourage you to do it.

Docker itself is a commercial product. Podman is a free open-source drop-in replacement for Docker. We use Podman because it's free and easier to install. But if you already have Docker installed, BOINC will detect and use it.

Instructions for installing Podman:

• On Windows
• On Mac
• On Linux