List of BBS software

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

Multi-platform[edit]

Citadel
CONFER – CONFER II on the MTS, CONFER U on Unix, written by Robert Parnes starting in 1975.
Mystic BBS – written by James Coyle with versions for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux, Mac OSX, and Raspberry Pi.
Synchronet
Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.

ABBS
Diversi-Dial (DDial) – Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
GBBS – Applesoft and assembler-based BBS program by Greg Schaeffer.
GBBS Pro – based on the ACOS or MACOS (modified ACOS) language.
HBBS – a hi-resolution graphical dial-up BBS and client package for the Apple II, supported threaded, rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation via its desktop client entitled Pixterm.
Hopscotch – by Eric Senior – written in 6502 assembly, chat system supporting up to 16 users.
Networks II – by Nick Naimo.
PBBS
proline – by Morgan Davis
ProTree BBS – by Bob Garth
Tnet – by Dean Drako
SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek.
Warp6BBS – by Jim Ferr

Many of these needed BYE and KMD to handle modem interactions and file transfers.

MikroKom
RBBS – written in Microsoft Basic, really slow login with more than a few users.
TBBS

CBBS – The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
Celerity BBS
Citadel – including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
Ezycom – written by Peter Davies.
FBB (F6FBB) – packet radio BBS system, still in use.^[3]
GAPBBS [1]
GBBS (Graphics BBS) – used in the Melbourne area.
GT-Power
L.S.D. BBS – written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG).
The Major BBS
Maximus
MBBS
McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.
Mystic BBS
Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III.
PCBoard
PegaSys
ProBoard BBS – written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium).
Pyroto Mountain
QuickBBS – written by Adam Hudson, with assistance by Phil Becker.
RBBS-PC
RemoteAccess – written by Andrew Milner.
Renegade – written by Cott Lang.
RoboBOARD/FX – written by Seth Hamilton.
Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
Spitfire
SuperBBS – by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala.
Synchronet
TBBS
Telegard
TriBBS
TCL
TAG
Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
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.

AdeptXBBS
Maximus
Mystic BBS
PCBoard
Synchronet
Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
Wildcat! – originally by Mustang Software. It was not an OS/2 software package, but included code to run in a DOS box under OS/2.

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