Phylo Alternatives

Phylo is described as 'Though it may appear to be just a game, Phylo is actually a framework for harnessing the computing power of mankind to solve a common problem; Multiple Sequence Alignments' and is an website in the online services category. There are nine alternatives to Phylo, not only websites but also apps for Windows, Linux, Mac and Docker. The best Phylo alternative is Folding@home, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Phylo are Foldit, EyeWire, Distributed Proofreaders and EteRNA.

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  1. Folding@home icon
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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.

    19 Folding@home alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  2. Foldit icon
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    Foldit is an experimental video game about protein folding, developed as a collaboration between the University of Washington's departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Biochemistry (many of the same people who created Rosetta@home).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. EyeWire icon
     1 like

    Eyewire is a game to map the brain. Anyone can play and you need no scientific background. Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world already do. Together we are mapping the 3D structure of neurons and advancing our quest to understand ourselves.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Distributed Proofreaders provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. EteRNA icon
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    Eterna is a citizen science game where players learn to design RNA molecules for medical research by solving puzzles. Complete these puzzles to unlock lab access and participate in challenges where you can invent medicine!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Zooniverse icon
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    The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. Our current projects are here but plenty more are on the way. If you're new to the Zooniverse, we suggest picking a project and diving in - the same account will...

    8 Zooniverse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Official Folding Pool for CureCoin - FAH Users on Team CureCoin (#224497) can sign up here using the same UserName (including capitalization) they use for Folding@Home to earn CureCoins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. HFM-NET icon
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    Folding@Home Client Monitoring Application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. The Cure icon
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    The Cure is a serious, biology-based card game. Assemble the best hands and you can win - just like poker. The challenge with The Cure is that we don't know the rules yet! Until you play, we can't tell you if you have the equivalent of a royal flush or a pair of 2s.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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