Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Maintained (FTN) network list?
From:    J0hnny A1pha(21:4/158.1)
Date:    Wed Sep 09, 2026 15:49

Hi all. I'm wondering if there's an "authoritative" (or frequently updated)
list of FTNs with links to public Infopacks and nodelists?

Synchronet has a registry system that is updated (from what I can see in git)
about 2x per year. It's manually owned by Digital Man:

; If you find any information to be missing or incorrect, please let
; Digital Man (Rob Swindell@1:103/705) know.

And there used to be a Google sheet that was updated frequently as well - not
sure if that exists anymore.

Those are a great resources, and what I'm trying to do is find or create a
reliable "registry" type service that can be accessed centrally (by users or
user agents). Maybe on github.

(I'm the maintainer of ViSiON/3 and it's part of an "FTN Setup Wizard"
feature).

I realize that some nets are not public, some wither on the vine, and would
rely on updates from maintainers - or things like github repos where
updates/changes can be discovered (FSXnet at tqwNET have repos for infopacks)
OR ingested from TIC processing from the network itself.

We're all that remains of small-ish group of BBS enthusiasts, and was hoping to
make it easier for folks to discover join and configure their networks based
on interests, language, geography, etc.

If you have any constructive thoughts, let me know!
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