List of BBS software

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

Multi-platform

• Citadel
• CONFER – CONFER II on the MTS, CONFER U on Unix, written by Robert Parnes starting in 1975.
• Falken - written by Herb Rose for DOS, with Linux versions by Chris Whitacre
• Mystic BBS – written by James Coyle with versions for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux, Mac OSX, and Raspberry Pi.
• Synchronet
• Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
• WWIV – WWIV v5.x is supported on both Windows 7+ 32bit as well as Linux 32bit and 64bit. ^[2]

Altos 68000

• PicoSpan

Amiga based

• Ami-Express – aka "/X", very popular in the crackers/warez software scene.

Apple II series

• CommuniTree Written by John S. James and online in Santa Cruz, CA in 1978
• Diversi-Dial (DDial) – Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
• GBBS – Applesoft and assembler-based BBS program by Greg Schaeffer.
• 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.
• Networks II – by Nick Naimo.
• SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek.

Apple Macintosh

• Citadel – including Macadel, MacCitadel.
• FirstClass (SoftArc)
• Hermes
• Red Ryder Host – early example of donationware.
• TeleFinder

Atari 8-bit computer

• Atari Message Information System – and derivatives

Commodore computers

• Blue Board – by Martin Sikes.
• Superboard – by Greg Francis and Randy Schnedler.
• C*Base – by Gunther Birznieks, Jerome P. Yoner, and David Weinehall.
• C-Net DS2 – by Jim Selleck.
• Color64 – by Greg Pfountz.
• Does the Job BBS – by Andrew Bernhardt.
• Ivory BBS – by Bill Jackson.
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.
• Prometheus – by Martin Brückner.

CP/M

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

• MikroKom
• RBBS – written in Microsoft Basic, really slow login with more than a few users.
• TBBS

Microsoft Windows

• Excalibur BBS
• Mystic BBS
• Synchronet

MS-DOS and compatible

• CBBS – The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
• Celerity BBS
• Citadel – including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
• Ezycom – written by Peter Davies.
• Falken - written by Herb Rose for DOS, with Linux versions by Chris Whitacre
• FBB (F6FBB) – packet radio BBS system, still in use.^[3]
• GBBS (Graphics BBS) – used in the Melbourne area.
• GT-Power
• L.S.D. BBS – written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG).
• The Major BBS
• Maximus
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.
• MikroKOM
• Mystic BBS
• Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III.
• PCBoard
• PegaSys
• ProBoard BBS – written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium).
• Pyroto Mountain
• QuickBBS – written by Adam Hudson, with assistance by Phil Becker.
• RBBS-PC
• RemoteAccess – written by Andrew Milner.
• Renegade – written by Cott Lang.
• RoboBOARD/FX – written by Seth Hamilton.
• Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
• Spitfire
• SuperBBS – by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala.
• Synchronet
• TBBS
• TCL
• Telegard
• TriBBS
• TCL
• TAG
• Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
• 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.

OS/2

• AdeptXBBS
• Maximus
• Mystic BBS
• PCBoard
• Synchronet
• Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
• Wildcat! – originally by Mustang Software. It was not an OS/2 software package, but included code to run in a DOS box under OS/2.

Tandy TRS-80

• Forum 80
• TBBS - by Phil Becker, for the Model III/4

Unix and compatible

• Citadel – including Citadel/UX, Dave's Own Citadel.
• Falken - written by Herb Rose for DOS, with Linux versions by Chris Whitacre
• Firebird BBS – Linux-based.
• LysKOM
• Maple BBS
• Maximus
• Mystic BBS
• OpenTG – OpenTelegard BBS
• PicoSpan
• Sklaffkom – Linux-based.
• Synchronet
• Waffle (BBS software)

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