DIET AlternativesCloud Computing Services and other similar apps like DIET

DIET is described as 'Software for grid-computing. As middleware, DIET sits between the operating system (which handles the details of the hardware) and the application software (which deals with the specific computational task at hand)' and is a Cloud Computing service in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DIET for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Android apps. The best DIET alternative is BOINC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DIET are Apache Mesos, Charity Engine, Folding@home and Distri.js.

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DIET alternatives page was last updated Mar 12, 2019
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  1. BOINC icon

    BOINC

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    BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software platform for volunteer computing and desktop grid and volunteer computing.

    14 BOINC alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    Default graphical view without projects

    BOINC Features

    1.  Distributed Computing
    2.  Scientific data analysis
    3.  Community-based
    4.  Peer-To-Peer

    BOINC VS DIET

     

    • BOINC is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to DIET.

    • BOINC is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DIET.

    • BOINC is Free and Open SourceDIET is also Free and Open Source
  2. Apache Mesos icon

    Apache Mesos

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    Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.

    29 Apache Mesos alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Apache Mesos screenshot 1

    Apache Mesos Features

    1.  VPS
    2.  Hypervisor

    Apache Mesos VS DIET

     
  4. Charity Engine icon

    Charity Engine

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    Charity Engine takes enormous, expensive computing jobs and chops them into 1000s of small pieces, each simple enough for a home PC to work on as a background task. Once each PC has finished its part of the puzzle, it sends back the correct answer and earns some money for...

    12 Charity Engine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Charity Engine Features

    1.  Charity

    Charity Engine VS DIET

     
  5. Folding@home icon

    Folding@home

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    Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals.

    20 Folding@home alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker

    Folding@home Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Distributed Computing
    3.  Scientific data analysis

    Folding@home VS DIET

     
  6. Distri.js icon

    Distri.js

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    A software family that brings distributed computing to the browser, including a server and client.

    8 Distri.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Distri.js screenshot 1

    Distri.js Features

    1.  Distributed Computing

    Distri.js VS DIET

     

    • Distri.js is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to DIET.

    • Distri.js is Free and Open SourceDIET is also Free and Open Source
  7. GridRepublic icon

    GridRepublic

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    GridRepublic is a customized version of the BOINC software designed to simplify installation and participation by the average computer user.

    13 GridRepublic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    GridRepublic Features

    1.  Distributed Computing
    2.  Parallel Computing

    GridRepublic VS DIET

     

  9. PiCloud

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    PiCloud gives every scientist, developer, and engineer a supercomputer at their fingertips. We make it easy to leverage thousands of cores of computational power for high performance computing, batch processing, and scientific computing applications.

    13 PiCloud alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    PiCloud Features

    1.  Distributed Computing

    PiCloud VS DIET

     

    • PiCloud is the most popular commercial alternative to DIET.

    • PiCloud is Paid and ProprietaryDIET is Free and Open Source
  10. JPPF icon

    JPPF

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    The open source grid computing solution. JPPF makes it easy to parallelize computationally intensive tasks and execute them on a Grid.

    11 JPPF alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Java Mobile
    • OpenJDK
    • Solaris
    • Java

    JPPF Features

    1.  Distributed Computing
    2.  Clustering

    JPPF VS DIET

     
  11. HFM-NET icon

    HFM-NET

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    Folding@Home Client Monitoring Application.

    15 HFM-NET alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HFM-NET screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update from 2015.

    HFM-NET Features

    1.  Crowdsourced
    2.  Distributed Computing

    HFM-NET VS DIET

     
  12. PelicanHPC icon

    PelicanHPC

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    PelicanHPC is an iso-hybrid (CD or USB) image that let's you set up a high performance computing cluster in a few minutes.

    20 PelicanHPC alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PelicanHPC screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    discontinued

    PelicanHPC Features

    1.  Clustering
    2.  Clustering analysis
    3.  Based on Debian
    4.  Distributed Computing
    5.  Cluster management

    PelicanHPC VS DIET

     
  13. ClusterKnoppix icon

    ClusterKnoppix

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    ClusterKnoppix is a modified Knoppix distro using the OpenMosix kernel.

    15 ClusterKnoppix alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Knoppix
    Discontinued

    discontinued

    ClusterKnoppix VS DIET

     
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