List of BBS software

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

For door based games, see Door games

Apple II based

• AppleNet -
• Diversi-Dial (DDial) - Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
• 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
• HotCom - by Hansi
• KauCom - by Brendon Woirhaye
• Networks II - by Nick Naimo
• METAL BBS - written in a powerful scripting language designed for more than just a BBS
• PEPSI (BBS) - by Bill Wolf & Tod O'Brien - based on MACOS, a hacked & improved version of ACOS
• PixelTerm - a hi-resolution graphical dial-up BBS and client package for the Apple II - supported rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation.
• 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 //
• 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

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 crakers/pirate software scene)
• AmiCon v1 & 2, C language based modular BBS system by Paul Roffey
• 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+)
• DLG Professional BBS
• Excelsior! BBS
• Falcon CBBS a work-a-like of MSDOS Opus-CBCS
• MAX's BBS by Anthony Barrett
• MAX's Pro by Niki Murkett
• NiKom - by Niklas Lindholm
• New Touch Pro (NTPro)
• Paragon BBS
• Rapport BBS by Mark Brinicombe and Paul Roberts
• Transmission Impossible BBS by Lee Bates
• TransAmiga by Timothy J. Aston (written in BlitzBasic)
• Xenolink 2 by Xeno Inc
• Zeus BBS originally by Nick Loman and Alex May

Atari based

• 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)
• FoReM BBS ("Friends of Rickey Moose")
• FoReM-XE
• Fox-Box
• Milestone BBS by Ernst Marending
• 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)

BBC Micro-based

• 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-based

• 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
• 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-Net 64 by Perspective Software
• C-Net 128 by Perspective Software
• 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 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 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
• RAVICS by Adam Jacobs
• RGBBS
• Ribit BBS by J.W. Fulmer
• 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 Spence/McFarlane
• 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 Vision Software
• 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 based

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

Macintosh based

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

MS-DOS based

• 1BBS - 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
• CBBS - The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
• Celerity BBS
• Citadels including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
• Computer Information Exchange (CIE)
• DeusBBS - Written by Simon Giles
• DLX BBS Written by Richard Gillmann (Inner Loop Software)
• EDLX BBS
• EleBBS
• Emulex (later Emulex/2)
• Elite BBS - Written by HJ van Rantwijk
• Eternity
• 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
• Galacticomm - Producers of Major BBS
• 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
• L.S.D. BBS - Written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG)
• Major BBS
• Maximus
• MAX's BBS and MAX's Pro
• MBBS
• McBBS - by Derek E. McDonald
• Mystic BBS
• MikroKom
• NanoBBS
• Nexus BBS
• Nochange - by Jim Kloss
• Oblivion/2
• Opus-CBCS - First written by Wynn Wagner III
• Oracomm (early) - 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
• RIPterm by TeleGrafix Communications
• RoboBOARD/FX - Written by Seth Hamilton
• SDLX BBS Written 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
• TBBS
• Telegard
• TriBBS
• TPCS
• TCL
• TAG
• Tornado BBS
• UBBS
• VDLX BBS Written by Collin Gohl
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• ViSiON
• ViSiON-X
• ViSiON/2 "The Revision"
• 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).

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A based

• TIBBS Written by Ralph Fowler.

Timex/Sinclair based

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

Multi-platform

• BBBS
• Citadel
• EleBBS
• IN-MENU - Written in Borland Pascal 7.0 by Viktor Nozhnov. Running on MS-DOS and All Windows.
• Synchronet
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• PortaCOM

TOPS-10

• QZ KOM

OS/2 based

• AdeptXBBS
• BBBS
• EleBBS
• Maximus
• Oracomm (later) - Written by Guy Young
• PCBoard
• Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
• XBBS - 32-bit platform version of XBBS originally for MS-DOS systems.

Unix based

• Synchronet
• BBBS
• Citadels including Citadel/UX, Dave's Own Citadel
• Drealm
• Eagles BBS - ebbs *nix based
• EleBBS
• Falken BBS - Linux-based
• Firebird - Linux-based
• Maple
• Maximus
• Megistos
• FEWT Software the home of Photon BBS
• 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)

Windows

• Cougar BBS Software - Windows Based Multi-Node BBS Software with full internet connectivity and expansion. Freeware, visit support BBS at http://cougar.pcriot.com/ to download Client Connector and view Features.
• BBBS
• EleBBS
• Excalibur BBS
• Synchronet
• PowerBBS
• PCBoard
• www.Chat Written by Dustin Thomas, Jason Quinn - Never released public but demo is out there.

Acorn RISC OS

• ArcBBS

References

1. ^ 2005, BBS: The Documentary, Bovine Ignition Systems, directed by Jason Scott
2. ^ Jason Scott (2005), BBS Software Listing, http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/

External links

• BBS Archives
• Another List of BBS software