Download the Folding@home software application
To join the Folding@home public distributed computing effort, simply click on a download link below appropriate for your computer's operating system. Review the notes for help in deciding what type of client (console, graphical, or screensaver) to run and in choosing a user name if any (certain characters are reserved).
How do I choose a username? To check if a name is already being used, use this search tool.
Type your name above (where it says "YourName") to see if that user name is already being used. You can also choose not to have a username and just donate your CPU time anonymously (user name = anonymous).
You can choose any name you like, as long as it contains only letters or numbers (to insert a space, you can use the underscore "_" character). If you choose your email address as your username, we will NOT print your full email address. Instead, just the part before the @ sign will be used in any stats listing, etc.
What are the different types of clients? The Console client runs in the background and is launched from a terminal window (command line i.e. DOS window), to which they output text messages about the simulation's progress. The graphical clients (former GUI or current System Tray) run in the background and has a graphics window interface that allows you to see the protein being simulated. The v4.x Screensaver client runs like other screensavers, except that it also runs our calculation in the background. However, a separate Screensaver version is being phased out, and that feature has been rolled in to the graphical clients.
Please download one of the clients listed below:
Recommended software (based on information furnished by your browser)
| Operating system | Version # | Click to download | Installation instructions | License info (legal stuff) | MD5-sum |
| Windows | |||||
| Windows 2000/XP/Vista Graphical client | 5.03 | 
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| a820f3db9363611ee6494b4c489a94cb |
| Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista text-only console (with built-in Windows-service-install option) | 5.04 |
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| 51268b890d4e35437667ae6186640158 |
| Linux | |||||
| Linux Console (x86) and BSD | 5.04 | 
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| 1316853b439d25a4a56adf82fcd953db |
| Linux (x86-64 bit, only) SMP client console version | 6.02 beta1 |
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| 40139afb263bb0df77129842215e51e6 |
| Macintosh | |||||
| Mac OS X (Intel) SMP OS X 10.4+ | 6.10 beta2 | 
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| 3fe841c6f6972b6fdbbde8433374921e 2008-03-04, Expires 2008-08-02 |
| Mac OS X (Intel) SMP OS X 10.4+ | 6.02 beta *console only* |
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| e5ff935037463278963e55a3acec7af0 Jan 31, 2008, Expires 2008-08-02 |
| Mac OS X Graphical client (PPC) | 5.02 | 
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| 58ed1cc5df0d7984312600247cacaea3 |
| Mac OS X (PPC) OS X 10.3+ | 6.01 Beta2 |
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| bf5db7e6e349faf8302e434a6c0c9fda 2008-02-03, Expires 2008-08-02 |
| Mac OS X Screensaver (PPC) | 5.02 |
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| 535bbba586e86e16bef7abc34e78faa0 |
| Mac OS X Text console (PPC) | 5.02 |
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| b322a18b95c227f49ee38c4623d1c488 |
| PLAYSTATION3 | |||||
| Playstation 3 | 1.3.1 | 
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| N/A |
For expert Folding@home donors interested in running beta version client software, please check out our High Performance Windows Clients page.
Beta clients. We often release clients early for donors to beta test. These beta versions likely have some rough edges, but we expect that they should work reasonably well for all donors. See the respective installation instructions for more details of known bugs for each of the beta versions.
High Performance clients. In addition to the clients that run in the background on typical computers, we also offer high performance clients, such as the GPU, SMP, and PS3 clients. These clients use more system resources, but are also much more productive. Please consider the use of these clients carefully. See the respective GPU, GPU2, SMP, and PS3 FAQs for more information.
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Last Updated on April 15, 2008, at 05:30 PM