Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Clrghouz
From:    deon(21:2/116)
Date:    Wed Oct 14, 2026 19:42

So today, clrghouz passed a valiant milestone (for me), for a project that I started many years ago. The first commit was in Mar 2019. It now services on average a 100 systems daily - not including the few that are trapped in the network block because they are polling it every minute or two and havent realised yet.

It's holding a little over 1.3m messages across multiple networks with 150 users (although about 1/3 are no longer about), and it's all running on a Raspberry Pi CM5. I'm constantly surprised that this little board runs clrghouz as well as it does.

When I started the project, I had many ideas (still do), and a number of folks (mainly in fidonet) were discouraging my ideas - some still do. A few thought it was a wasted effort, and some laughed at the idea to support new packet formats and exchange methods. One person had a "visceral reaction" and thought it was "techno-dick nonsense". They also called it a Rube Goldenberg contraption which I had a little chuckle at. Hopefully now, I can claim that clrghouz has been run in, field tested by many users, and can handle the workload of our little hobby.

Like many who come back to the scene, they have come back with many ideas for this little hobby of ours - and some have implemented their ideas (love reading about new BBSes) and some have about faced because of those discouraging folks. Anybody who reads the detractors, I want to implore you to continue your efforts, if anything for your own curiosity, benefit and/or enjoyment. There are many folks here who will appreciate your efforts above and beyond those that detract it.

I hope to see more people bring new ideas and software to this hobby, while maintaining the history that brought us here. And if you need any help or have ideas, I'd be happy to explore them with you.


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