The following is a table showing the programs used for the search of Fermat number factors.
You see the name of the program, the type of the program, the owner ID as it appears on the factors page
and the full name of the writer of the program.
| Program name | Type | owner id | owner name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fermat | Sieve+trial division | Durman | Leonid Durman |
| FermFact | Siever | Fougeron | Jim Fougeron |
| Proth | Primality tester | Gallot | Yves Gallot |
| NewPGen | Siever | Jobling | Paul Jobling |
| LLR | Primality tester | Penné | Jean Penné |
| SrSieve | Siever | Reynolds | Geoffrey Reynolds |
| GMP-Fermat | Sieve+trial division | Rodenkirch | Mark Rodenkirch |
| PRP | Primality tester | Woltman | George Woltman |
| Prime95 | Primality tester | Woltman | George Woltman |
| mmff | Sieve+trial division | Woltman | George Woltman |
| GMP-ECM | Factorizer | Zimmermann | Paul Zimmermann |
| pmfs | Sieve+trial division | Gostin | Gary Gostin |
| Feromant | Sieve+trial division | Maznichenko | Roman Maznichenko |
| pfgw | Primality tester | Rodenkirch, Woltman | Mark Rodenkirch, George Woltman |
| ppSieve_CUDA | Siever | Brazier | Ken Brazier |
| Feromant_CUDA | Sieve+trial division | Maznichenko | Roman Maznichenko |
| AthGFN64 | Siever | Underbakke, Gallot, Carmody | David Underbakke, Yves Gallot, Phil Carmody |
| GeneFer | Primality tester | Gallot, Rodenkirch | Yves Gallot, Mark Rodenkirch |
| ppSieve | Siever | Brazier | Ken Brazier |
| ppSieve_CL | Siever | Brazier | Ken Brazier |
| GPU-ECM | Factorizer | Zimmermann | Paul Zimmermann |
| gfndsieve | Siever | Rodenkirch | Mark Rodenkirch |