GridRepublic

{{Short description|BOINC Account Manager for volunteer computing projects}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2020}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = GridRepublic non-profit

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| founded_date = 2004

| founder = Matthew Blumberg{{cite web |url=https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/mblumberg |title=Matthew Blumberg |website=Cyber.Law.Harvard.edu |date=August 30, 2013 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}

| location = Brooklyn, New York, United States

| origins = USA

| key_people = Matthew Blumberg

| area_served = Global

| focus = Charity

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| homepage = {{Official URL}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = GridRepublic software

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| developer = GridRepublic in coordination with BOINC

| latest_release_version = 5.10.30 (Win), 5.2.5 (Mac)

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2009|07|18|df=no}}

| operating_system = Cross-platform

| genre = Grid computing and Volunteer computing

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| website = {{Official URL}}

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GridRepublic is a BOINC Account Manager. It focuses on creating a clean and simple way to join and interact with BOINC. GridRepublic was started with a mission to raise public awareness and participation in volunteer computing with BOINC. GridRepublic was formed in 2004 by Matthew Blumberg as a mechanism to control the multiple projects from one place. The code for the BOINC software had to be redesigned to allow for the Account Manager system to be implemented.

GridRepublic's website has won numerous awards including being named finalist at the 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival{{cite web |url=http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists/ |title=SXSW Web Awards Finalists |access-date=August 30, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509172839/http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists |archive-date=May 9, 2007 }} and the 2008 Stockholm Challenge.{{Cite web |url=http://event.stockholmchallenge.se/project/2008/Culture/GridRepublic |title=GridRepublic |access-date=August 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331033702/http://event.stockholmchallenge.se/project/2008/Culture/GridRepublic |archive-date=March 31, 2008 |url-status=dead }} GridRepublic has also been the recipients of a Google Grant allowing for advertising through Google.{{cite web |url=http://www.gridrepublic.org/pub/AboutGridRepublic.pdf |title=About GridRepublic |publisher=GridRepublic |accessdate=July 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616232658/http://www.gridrepublic.org/pub/AboutGridRepublic.pdf |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=dead}}