What are some actively maintained BBS software packages?
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a_blizzard_of_zeros · 2021-07-14 04:33

Active would be any BBS software to which source is available and a
version (alpha, beta, or full release) has been released within the
past 18 months, and/or is known to be under active development/bug
fixes, etc.

Other than these:

* Mystic

* Synchronet

* WWIV

* ENiGMA½

* Legacy/X

* Talisman

* Image (C=)

* MBSE

* Citadel

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fang-castro · 2021-07-14 05:12

I saw the title and sighed.. then I saw 'except these' and can't wait
to try out every single recommendation! doot!

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dmine45 · 2021-07-14 08:54

Wildcat is another one. I forgot who has the rights to it now, but
it's still being actively maintained.

I know that there is a group that's trying to keep Worldgroup and
MajorBBS alive.

I think there's another Commodore based one that's being maintained.

But overall you hit the major ones.

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YserviusPalacost · 2021-07-14 10:35

Santronics is the name of the company maintaining Wildcat! now.

http://www.santronics.com/index.php

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YserviusPalacost · 2021-07-14 10:38

It looks like Hermes is still around, for the Mac sysops...

http://www.hermesbbs.com/

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dperry324 · 2021-07-14 13:10

Isn't there somebody out there trying to bring back TBBS from eSoft?

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scrutinizer80 · 2021-07-14 17:19

Someone should revive EleBBS. It's a perfect clone of RemoteAccess.

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codefenix · 2021-07-14 19:23

There's also Renegade:
[https://www.rgbbs.info/](https://www.rgbbs.info/)

Actively maintained. Version 1.25 was released within the last couple
months.

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cmiles74 · 2021-07-14 20:35

I clicked around their website but I don't see the source code for
Hermes anywhere.

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SqualorTrawler · 2021-07-14 22:28

It looks like Hermes is in a runnable state but hasn't been touched in
years.

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ehdrian · 2021-07-15 02:34

Would be nice to see PCBoard make some kind of comeback. PPE dev and
the level of customization was brilliant!

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wndrbr3d · 2021-07-15 21:10

The guys who purchased ProBoard Open Sourced it and are actively
trying to retrofit it to work on modern operating systems.

https://github.com/proboardbbs-com

Worth throwing them some love for doing what’s best for keeping their
platform alive!

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RazorKitten · 2021-07-16 18:33

C-Net Amiga/128/64 are all still maintained.

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Vacman85 · 2021-07-16 21:14

Wildcat BBS (Now owned and maintained by Santronics) is still in
existence.

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kbuzz99 · 2021-07-20 21:08

I ran a TBBS board back in the day. It’s a shame UltraChat was
introduced so close to the demise of the BBS. It was a great add on
for what was a fairly shitty chat system.