List of BBS software

This is a list of notable bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.^[1][2]

Multi-platform

• ATBBS – PHP-based BBS software.
• BBBS
• Citadel
• CONFER – CONFER II on MTS, CONFER U on Unix, written by Robert Parnes starting in 1975.
• EleBBS
• Exchange BBS
• IN-MENU – written in Borland Pascal 7.0 by Viktor Nozhnov. Running on MS-DOS and All Windows.
• PortaCOM
• Synchronet
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• Mystic BBS – written by James Coyle with versions for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux, and Mac OSX although only Windows, OSX, and Linux in recent versions.

Acorn RISC OS

• ArcBBS
• vhost (bulletin board software)

Altos 68000

• PicoSpan

Amiga based

• 4D-BBS – by Dale E. Reed Jr.
• ABBS (a Mike's BBS-like system)
• AmBoS – by Jörg Eßmann and Kai Szymanski
• Ami-Express aka "/X" (Very popular in the crackers/pirate software scene)
• AmiCon v1 & 2, C language based modular BBS system by Paul Roffey
• Atredes (evolved into Skyline)
• BBBS
• BBS-PC! (v4.13 -4.20)
• CNet Amiga – by Ken Pletzer (1-4)
• CNet Amiga – by Zen Metal Software (4.1 – 5.07a)
• CNet Amiga – by Storm's Edge Technologies (5.10+) http://www.cnetbbs.net/
• DayDream BBS – by Antti Häyrynen and Mattias Nilsson
• Dialog BBS (which then evolved into DLG BBS)
• DLG Professional BBS
• Excelsior! BBS
• Falcon CBCS a work-a-like of MSDOS Opus-CBCS
• Fastrack
• MAX's BBS – by Anthony Barrett
• MAX's Pro – by Niki Murkett
• MEBBS
• Metro BBS – by Percy L Broadnax
• NiKom – by Niklas Lindholm
• New Touch Pro (NTPro)
• OzMetro BBS – by Peter Deane and Percy L Broadnax
• Paragon BBS – by John Radoff (evolved into StarNet BBS then MEBBS)
• Phobos
• Prometheus
• Rapport BBS – by Mark Brinicombe and Paul Roberts
• Remote Access – by Andrew Milner
• Skyline BBS, featuring Skypix Protocol, the first online communication protocol sporting rich graphic content such as changeable fonts, mouse-controlled actions, animations and sound^[3]
• StarNet – by Eric Drewry (which came from Paragon, then later became MEBBS)
• Stormforce BBS – by Kris Hudson & Andrew Ward
• System-X – by Peter (zed) Zelestny and Michael (rawfox) Clasen
• Tempest BBS – by Michael P. Bockert
• Transmission Impossible BBS – by Lee Bates
• TransAmiga – by Timothy J. Aston (written in BlitzBasic)
• Wildcat BBS – by Mustang Software
• Xenolink 2 – by Xeno Inc
• Zeus BBS originally – by Nick Loman and Alex May

Apple II series

• ABBS
• AppleNet
• AcmeNet
• Citamad/Lumadel
• CompuNet
• DDBBS
• Diversi-Dial (DDial) – Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
• EBBS II
• FredMail
• FutureVision – by TC Wilson (aka The Captain) – based on the METAL language
• GBBS – Applesoft-based BBS program
• GBBS Pro – based on the ACOS or MACOS (modified ACOS) language
• HBBS – a hi-resolution graphical dial-up BBS and client package for the Apple II – supported threaded, rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation via its desktop client entitled Pixterm
• Hopscotch – by Eric Senior – written in 6502 assembly, chat system supporting up to 16 users
• HotCom – by Hansi
• KauCom – by Brendon Woirhaye
• Networks II – by Nick Naimo
• Nexus
• People's Message System (PMS)
• Proving Grounds
• METAL BBS – written in a powerful scripting language designed for more than just a BBS
• PBBS
• PEPSI (BBS) – by Bill Wolf & Tod O'Brien – based on MACOS, a hacked & improved version of ACOS
• Prime
• ProLine – by Morgan Davis – popular with many A2 user group BBSs
• The Proving Grounds – a role playing game BBS
• Pseudodel – a Citadel variant for the Apple //
• SNAPP
• SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek
• Tele-Cat – Free, used the Novation Apple-Cat II Modem, supported 1200 bit/s (202-half/212-full duplex), last version was Tele-Cat // 3.0
• TProBBS – an RPG BBS by Guy T. Rice; a version has been ported by Robert Hurst at RPGD
• Warp Six – Applesoft-based BBS program, by Jim Ferr
• WAPABBS – Washington Apple PI Users Group BBS
• WWIV BBS^{[citation needed]}
• VinyaMicil (VM)

Atari

• The ACS BBS (ANTIC BBS)
• A.M.I.S. BBS (ATARI Message Information System)
• ATKeep
• BBCS (Bulletin Board Construction Set)
• BBS Express! – by Rick Taylor, Keith Ledbetter
• BBS Express-Professional!
• Carina
• Carnival (BASIC, first introduced in ANTIC Magazine)
• FaST BBS (Jeff Molofee AKA NeHe)
• FoReM BBS ("Friends of Rickey Moose")
• FoReM-XE
• Fox-Box
• Michtron BBS
• Milestone BBS – by Ernst Marending
• MiniBBS
• Nite Lite BBS – by Paul Swanson
• Oasis IV
• QuickBBS ST
• RATSoft/ST
• Raven of Mystic BBS – by David Bolt
• STadel, a Citadel variant for the Atari ST
• Titan (written by Dominic Vaccaro in 1984)
• Titanic
• Turbo BBS (a FoReM clone)
• Transcendence BBS
• Spiffy BBS (ATASCI / ASCII / VT52) for Atari ST (written by Richard Kelsch)

BASIC Stamp

• BasiCDMA – a BBS written to work with the U300 series cell phones (under development)(abandoned as of 3/15/2011)

BBC Micro

• Autonomic Systems – by Glyn "T'GG" Phillips
• Bloxham BBS
• FBBS – by Marcus Anselm (with significant help from Rob O'Donnell / Jon Freeman and Jason Tanner)
• NBBS – by Jon Freeman
• OBBS – by Rob O'Donnell

Commodore computers

• 1541 BBS
• 6480 Exchange – by David Tingler
• 6485 Exchange – by "Ivory Joe"
• 6487 Exchange – by Nick Smith
• 64 Exchange BBS – by "The Breaker"
• 64 Messenger – by Messenger Software
• A+ BBS Software – by David Culp
• Ace-Line BBS – by Gilligan
• All American BBS – by Nickolai Smith
• All American 128 – by Nickolai Smith
• ARB BBS – by Arthur Brock
• Bizarre 64 – by Bill Atchison
• Black Cat BBS or BCBBS – by Mike Foerster
• Blue Board – by Martin Sikes
• Superboard – by Greg Francis and Randy Schnedler
• Bob's BBS
• BBS64 – by Steve Punter
• BBS Construction Set – by Will Gaddy
• C*Base – by Gunther Birznieks, Jerome P. Yoner, and David Weinehall.
• C*Base 128 – by Dan Drury
• C-Net 64 – by RM Software (1992–2010)
• C-Net 128 – by RM Software (1992–2010)
• C-Net DS2 – by Jim Selleck
• CCGMS BBS – by Craig Smith
• Centipede BBS – by Adam Fanello
• CHATeau – by Eugene Tiffany
• Citadel 64 BBS – by K2NE Software
• Color64 – by Greg Pfountz
• Color 64 (Version 128) – by Adam Fanello
• Commodore Mania BBS – by Don Snider
• Dataquick BBS
• DarkStar BBS – by DarkStar Software
• Dircon BBS – by Jay Winick and Aaron Ogus
• DMBBS – by ARTIsoft
• Does the Job BBS – by Andrew Bernhardt
• EBBS 64 – by Ed Parry
• EBBS 128 – by Ed Parry rights sold to Mike Pugliese
• Electric Magazine – by Bob Shannon
• Electro-Com – by Bill Bowers
• Elite BBS – by Bill Fink (not affiliated with the next listing)
• Elite BBS – by HJ van Rantwijk and Coen Roos
• Elite Exchange 1 – by Stevyn Prothero
• Fasst 64 BBS – by Randy Epstein (former: C-Net 64 BBS v11.7a)
• Frontier 128
• Hal's BBS – by Richard Buchanan
• Image BBS – by New Image Software
• Infoquick BBS – by Lew Lasher
• Intelligentsia 128 – by Robert S. Murawski
• Ivory BBS – by Bill Jackson
• Keeper-Line – by Tom Davidson
• Laser 128 BBS – by Chris Timmerberg
• Lightning BBS
• Matchmaker
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald
• Microram BBS
• Midgaard BBS
• Mike Black BBS – by Mike Black
• Omni 128 – by Omni Software
• PETBBS – by Steve Punter
• Punter BBS – by Steve Punter
• RAD BBS – by James Williams (Beyonder)
• RAVICS – by Adam Jacobs
• RGBBS
• Ribit BBS – by J.W. Fulmer
• Realm of Shadow – by Lord of Stealth/Moonknight
• Satellite BBS – by Shaw/Backer
• SCBBS – by Chad Stansel
• Star 128
• Stellar Zone – by "Mr. X"
• ST/R BBS – by Douglas McLaughlin
• Spence XP – by Ken Spence/James MacFarlane
• Spectrum BBS – by "Strange Illusion"
• Spice-Net – by Darrell Spice
• Supra 128 – by Julian Burger
• System 64! – by Steve Gregory
• Fantasy Rollplaying – by Deep Pan Software
• Ultra-Com BBS – by PW
• U.E.S. BBS – by Willie Goebel
• Vision Color BBS – by Kerry Messana
• Visions BBS – by Larry Ross
• VortexNet 128 BBS – by Stephen Kunc
• Xavian BBS – by Star Tech Software
• ZBBS – by "Mr. Bill"
• Zelch 64 BBS – by Planet Ink.
• Zelch 128 BBS – by Elite Software

CP/M

Many of these needed BYE and KMD to handle modem interactions and file transfers

• RBBS written in Microsoft Basic – really slow login with more than a few users
• PBBS 4 written in Z80 Assembly Code by Russ Pencin
• QBBS (QuickBBS)
• TBBS
• XBBS
• MikroKom
• Bulldog BBS written in BDS C

Apple Macintosh

• Citadels including Macadel, MacCitadel
• FirstClass (SoftArc)
• Hermes
• Mansion
• NovaLink
• TeleFinder
• Red Ryder Host (early example of donationware)
• Welly

MS-DOS and compatible

• 1BBS – Unix-style BBS software written by Teemu Harju
• 2AM-BBS – written by Neil Clarke, Chris Gorman, and Tom Vogl (2AM Associates)
• Alacrity BBS
• Allans kakburk
• Alphabox
• Alpha-KOM
• Apocolis – written by Pat Barnes and Dan Joseph, an offshoot of the original Vision.
• Auntie BBS written by Wes Meier
• BBBS
• Bytronix: ASCII & ANSI compatible BBS software written in IBM BASIC by Mike Bettua.
• CBBS – The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
• Celerity BBS
• Citadels including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
• Computer Information Exchange (CIE)
• Concord BBS – written by Pasi Talliniemi^[4]
• DarkStar BBS – the first full multimedia BBS platform, written by Jerry Thomas Hunter and distributed from 1989 through 1995
• DeusBBS – written by Simon Giles
• DLX BBS - by Richard Gillmann (Inner Loop Software)
• Ebbs PC BBS - by Ed Parry
• EDLX BBS
• EIS-PC - by Justin Langseth
• EleBBS
• Emulex (later Emulex/2)
• Elite BBS – written by HJ van Rantwijk
• Eternity (BBS)
• Ezycom – written by Peter Davies
• FerretBBS – written by Jason Scott (www.textfiles.com)
• Fido – written by Tom Jennings (www.wps.com)
• Force! – written by Guy Smith and Jim Langley
• Forum PC – one of the most-copied BBS sources which spawned a legion of "Forum hacks"
• Fornax – written by Minh Ma (aka Briareos)
• Free Speech – a simple single-template message board
• Gap
• GBBS (Graphics BBS) – used in the Melbourne area
• Genesis PC BBS – written in Turbo Pascal 3.0 by Jim Berg and Steven (Kiriwuth) Path
• GT-Power
• Hostplus – part of the Telix suite
• H-KOM
• Hysteria BBS – tricky WWiV hack
• Illusion BBS
• Iniquity BBS
• Infusion BBS
• Impulse BBS
• Insomnia BBS
• Infinity BBS
• Insanity BBS
• Instinct BBS
• Jet BBS
• Lora BBS
• L.S.D. BBS – written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG)
• The Major BBS
• Maximus
• MBBS
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald
• Mystic BBS
• MikroKom
• NanoBBS
• Nexus BBS – written by George Roberts
• Nochange – by Jim Kloss
• Oblivion/2 written by Darkened Enmity
• Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III
• Oracomm (early) Oracomm Plus (later) – written by Guy Young
• PCBoard
• PegaSys
• PipeLine – written by Matt Stanley (Net Distortion)
• Pobble – written in New Zealand by Josh Parsons
• PowerBBS
• Powerboard BBS
• ProBoard BBS – written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium)
• Puppy
• Pyroto Mountain
• PoweredBoard
• QuickBBS – written by Adam Hudson (With assistance by Phil Becker)
• QuiverBBS
• RBBS-PC
• RemoteAccess – written by Andrew Milner
• Renegade – written by Cott Lang
• Revelation
• RoboBOARD/FX – written by Seth Hamilton
• SDLX BBS – by Dustin Thomas, Jason Quinn
• Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
• Shotgun BBS – written by Brent Shellenberg
• Spitfire
• STadel-PC, a PC version of the STadel variant of Citadel for the Atari ST
• SuperBBS – by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala
• Synchronet
• TBBS
• Telegard
• TriBBS
• TPCS
• TCL
• TAG
• Tornado BBS
• UBBS
• VDLX BBS written by Collin Gohl
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• ViSiON
• ViSiON-X – written by Ed Youssef
• ViSiON/2 "The Revision" programmed by Crimson Blade
• VorTeX BBS – written by Jason S. Clary. A protected mode multitasking BBS with a mixed ANSI and vector graphic system using an ANSI-like protocol.
• Waffle – written by Tom Dell, and supported UUCP (and Fidonet through extensions).
• Wildcat! – originally by Mustang Software
• Worldgroup – The latest version of MajorBBS, the last released by Galacticomm.
• WWIV – written by Wayne Bell, included WWIVNet and while popular on DOS platforms also had an OS/2 version.
• XBBS – written by Mark Kimes. Distributed with source code, this allowed a very customizable system. Also available for OS/2. Support was very limited ("If it breaks, you have both pieces" – M. Kimes).

OS/2

• AdeptXBBS
• BBBS
• Bulletron [1] – written by Patrick Gleason
• EleBBS
• LoraBBS
• Maximus
• Mystic BBS
• Oracomm Plus (later) – written by Guy Young
• PCBoard
• Synchronet
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• XBBS – 32-bit platform version of XBBS originally for MS-DOS systems.

Tandy TRS-80

• Forum 80
• Green Machine
• MTABBS (Michael's Totally Awesome BBS) - by Michael S. Livorsi.

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

• TIBBS – by Ralph Fowler.

Timex Sinclair

• Spiffy BBS (written for the TS2068 in 1983 by Richard Kelsch)

TOPS-10

• QZ KOM

Unix and compatible

• Synchronet
• BBBS
• Citadels including Citadel/UX, Dave's Own Citadel
• Drealm
• Eagles BBS – ebbs *nix based
• EleBBS
• Falken BBS – Linux-based
• Firebird – Linux-based
• iBBS
• Maple
• Maximus
• Megistos
• Mystic BBS
• FEWT Software the home of Photon BBS
• PicoSpan
• ROCAT – The Roman Catacombs
• Sauron Linux BBS – www.sauron.org.uk
• Sklaffkom – Linux-based
• LysKOM
• Uncensored the home of Citadel/UX
• OpenTG – OpenTG (OpenTelegard BBS)
• Waffle (BBS software) Waffle

Microsoft Windows

• BBBS
• EleBBS
• Excalibur BBS
• Mystic BBS
• Synchronet
• PowerBBS
• PCBoard
• Palster BBS Software

References

External links

• BBS documentary site: list of BBS software
• BBS Archives
• Another List of BBS software
• Reviews and Downloads of Commodore BBS software