Overview
What is SETI@home?
is a screen saver that lets you and hundreds of other Internet-connected computer users detect signs of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
In depth
A closer look at SETI@home
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running SETI@home which downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth.
Verdict
Should you download SETI@home?
SETI@home runs on
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 773 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Astronomy and Space.
✓
Verified clean. Every SETI@home build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
SETI@home specifications
- Last updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 773 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 677
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