Installing Podman

Podman is software that allows Linux programs to run on any computer, including Mac and Windows. It runs them in "containers" so they cannot access or affect anything else on the computer.

Using Podman means that BOINC projects can create a single version of their applications (written for Linux) and run it on Macs and Windows as well as Linux computers. This greatly reduces their development effort, and helps ensure that the results from these different types of computers will be consistent.

If you run BOINC, we recommend installing Podman. Instructions:

• On Windows
• On Mac
• On Linux