Subj : Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : toofargone
From : esc
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 11:12:28

 to> I'm curious as to what the difference between the various software
 to> packages are? Mystic seems to be on the easy end to set up compared to
 to> Synchronet which looks pretty complicated to set up - so many options!

Mystic feels more akin to the traditional DOS BBS softwares that were popular in the modding scene back in the day - think Renegade, Iniquity, etc.

Synchronet feels more like a professionalized software that you'd expect to be popular for more business focused applications back then - think PCBoard.

Either are great and will get the job done, it's more about what you're after. I don't think either one have any major gaps compared to the other.

Synchronet has built in javascript support for making mods and things. Mystic has its own Pascal-like scripting language and also some rudimentary Python support.

Both Synchronet and Mystic suffer from people hosting fairly generic BBSes without making any effort to individualize them. That's just my hot take ;)

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