3D×You have the powerto help cure disease.<br>Folding@home turns your computer's idle power into a global supercomputer for biomedical research. Free. Safe. Easy.<br>Start foldingHow it works
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We're fighting real diseases.
Cancer<br>Our work on BRCA1 revealed new therapeutic strategies to combat breast cancer.
COVID-19<br>During COVID-19 we hit 2.43 exaflops, the first computing system in history to cross that threshold, and helped identify a potential new antiviral in animal testing.
Alzheimer's<br>Our work on ApoE is uncovering the mechanism of the most common cause of dementia.
Ebola<br>We've found new ways to thwart Ebola by identifying transient "cryptic-pockets" in the virus protein that other methods had missed.
It takes about a minute.<br>01<br>Download<br>Pick your platform — Windows, macOS, or Linux. One click.
02<br>Install<br>Run the installer. No account required to start. Open source.
03<br>Fold<br>Your computer downloads a small piece of a real research simulation, runs it in the background, and returns the result. You earn points. Repeat.
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Real science. Real progress.<br>2.43<br>exaflops<br>World's first exaflop computing system, April 2020 — bigger than the top 500 supercomputers combined.
500+<br>papers<br>Peer-reviewed publications produced by Folding@home since launch in October 2000.
25+<br>years<br>One of the longest-running distributed computing projects on Earth — and still going.
Led by Dr. Greg Bowman and the Folding@home Consortium — a network of academic labs across the globe.
Already a power user?<br>Bring your GPU. Join a team or start one. Climb the leaderboard. Folding@home has supported competitive teams since 2000, with full stats, project transparency, and an open client.<br>Live stats<br>Discord<br>Forum<br>GitHub<br>Latest research updates
Your computer can do this today.<br>Free. Open source. Backed by 25 years of peer-reviewed research.<br>Get the installer