AN OVERVIEW OF BBS PROGRAMS
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This directory is an outgrowth of the BBS documentary. To help in my research about BBSes, I am attempting to make a canonical list of all the BBS Software Packages there ever were for any platform, excepting one-off "custom" sets that weren't distributed. The priority is on dial-up software created before 1995, although additions for any and all BBS programs are welcome.

To save time, if a hardware platform had no modem made for it or lacks any known BBS software, it will be greyed out. Information for the rest of the entries are being grabbed from many disparate sources and may be in dire need of fixing.

If you see a lot of empty space, that probably means I haven't given that OS or Software my full attention. In some cases, I am finding lists of BBS Software online, shoving the names, and getting back to it all "later". Either way, feel free to send me information if you have it nearby.

Please mail in your corrections, additions, and suggestions.

CUSTOMIZED
S-100 KIT COMPUTER
CBBS
MULTI-PLATFORM
CP/M
ACBBS BBSC BYE3
BYE5 CITADEL THE CLASSY SYSTEM
DBBS EMX HBBS
MBBS MBYE MINIRBBS
PASBBS PBBS PICS
QBBS RBBS RCPM
ROS SBBS T-ROOM
TBBS TPBBS TURBOBBS
XBBS ZBBS
METAL
MP/M-86
TREEBOARD
ACORN
ARCHIMEDES
ARCBBS ARCHIBOARD NFBBS
RISCBBS VHOST
ATOM
BBCMASTER
ACMB (LATER KEYDATA) EBBS NBBS+2
OBBS
BBCMICRO
CARBBS COMMUNITEL EBBS
FBBS OBBS PDHOST
PREMIERE VHOST
ELECTRON
APPLE
CPM
DAISY ORACLE
GS
LITFAL
II
ABBS ACMENET ACROPOLIS
APPLENET CITAMAD/LUMADEL COMMUNITREE
COMPUNET DDBBS DIALYOURMATCH
DIVERSIDIAL EBBS ][ ECLIPSE
ELITE FREDMAIL FRUITYDOG
FUTUREVISION GBBS GBBSPRO
HBBS HOPSCOTCH KNET
LOLA MAGIC CITY MICRO BBS METALBBS
MODEMWORKS NETWORKS II NEXUS
PBBS PEPSI PEOPLE'S MESSAGE SYSTEM (PMS)
PRIME PROLINE PROVING GROUNDS
PSEUDODEL ROCKTALK SNAPP
TELECAT TNET TPRO
UNIVERSAL VANTAGE VINYAMICIL (VM)
WAPABBS WARPSIX
MACINTOSH
BETABOARD FBBS FIRSTCLASS
HERMES HIBBS MACADEL
MACCITADEL MANSION MOUSEEXCHANGE
MUBBS NOVALINK PANCAKE
PRECISION SYSTEMS PUBLICADDRESS RED RYDER
SECONDSIGHT STARBASE7 TELEFINDER
WWIV
ATARI
400/800
ABBCS/BBCS (Bulletin Board Construction Kit) ADCM AMIS
ARMUDIC ATKEEP BBSEXPRESS
BBS EXPRESS PRO! CARINA CARNIVAL
FASTAMIS FOREM FOREM-XE
FRANKWALTERS MACEAMIS MARSHWARE (MADRONNA MARSH)
NITELITE OASISIV OASIS JR. (OR OASIS III)
PUFFBBS SMARTBBS TITAN
TITANIC XEBBS
ST
BBS! Express ST BBST FIFO
FNORDADEL FOREMST FORESIGHT
FORTRESSST GSPOINT HELLSBBS
INNERSANCTUM JOYBBS MICHTRON ST
MINIBBS MSGED NITELITE
OCTOPUS PANDORA QUICKBBS
RATSOFT STADEL STARNET
STKEEP TRANSCENDENCE TRIPLINK! (Also called Front End BBS/FEBBS)
TURBOBOARD ST
COLECO
ADAM
ADAMCastle / ADAMBBS ADAMCHAT A-NET (ADAMNET)
PBBS
COMMODORE
AMIGA
4DBBS ABBS ADBBS
AFLGALAXY ALINE AMBER
AMICON AMIDEL AMIEXPRESS
AMIGABBS AMIGALINE AMIGALINK
AMMS ANET ANUBIS
APTBBS ATEREDES AXSH
BAUDBANDIT BBS-PC! BBX
BOARDMASTER CBBS CITADEL68K
CITADELXPR CMA CNET
COMMLINK COMPUNET CONNECTLINE
CONTACT Custom BBS! DAYDREAM
DEADLOCK DLG EAZYBBS
ELITEBBS EXCELSIOR FALCON
FAME FREEFORM GATEWAY5
GFA GMCBBS HACKANDSLASH
HYDRABBS ICEBBS IDS
INLET LINK LOGICBBS
MAJESTIC MAXSBBS MEBBS
METRO MICROBBS MICROHOST
MULTIPLEX NCOMM NIKOM
NOVIA OMNILINK PACKETRADIO
PARAGON PBBS PETRA
Prometheus Mailbox System PONS PROBBS
QUEBBS RECCOON SERSERVER
SHADOEGATE SIGMAEXPRESS SKYLINE
SOFTSPAN STADELAMI STARNET
STASIS STELLAR STERLING
SYSTEMX TAG TECHNOBBS
TEMPEST TeleFun BBS TRANSAMIGA
TRINITY TRION VBBS
WAK WWBBS WWIV
XENOLINK ZEUS
C128
128BBS ALLAMERICAN128 CBASE128
CENTIPEDE CENTIPEDE LITE Citadel-128
CNET128 COLOR64-128 EBBS128
FRONTIER128 INTELLIGENTSIA128 OMNI128
SEARCHLIGHT STAR128 SUPRA128
TALISMAN VORTEXNET128 ZELCH128
C64
6480EXCHANGE 6485EXCHANGE 6487EXCHANGE
64EXCHANGEBBS 64MESSENGER ACELINE
ALL AMERICAN BBS (AA-BBS) Apollo64 BBS ARB
BBSCONSTRUCTIONSET BLUEBOARD BOBS
BONEBOARD C64BBS CBASE
CBMBBS CHATBBS CHATEAU
CIRCLEOFWIZARDS CITADEL64 CLASSICSWAPSHOP
CMBBS CNET64 CNETDS2
COLOR64 COMMLINE64 COMMODOREMANIA
DARKSTAR DEADLOCK / DEADLOCK BBS CONSTRUCTION KIT DIRCON
DISCOVERY DMBBS DOESTHEJOB
DTJBBS DIAL-YOUR-MATCH EBBS64
ELECTROCOM ELITEBBS EX1
FANTASYRP HALS ICEBBS
IMAGE INFOQUICK IVORY
LASERBBS M1/MECHAN1 BBS SYSTEM MARKPARITY
MATCHMAKER MEMORY MIDGARD
MINDSET64 NCBBS ONLINE
ONLINE64 PUNTER RADBBS
RAVICS RIBIT SATELLITE
SCBBS SPECTRUM SPENCEXP
SPICENET STELLARZONE STR
TRACK TTS BBS V64.4E UES
ULTRACOM VISION Vision Color BBS
XAVIAN ZBBS ZELCH64
PET
PUNTERNET
VIC-20
RAVICS (Remote Access VIC System)
DRAGON
DRAGON64
OS9
HEATHKIT
H89
CITADEL
IBM and Compatibles
BEOS
BEBS
DOS
.MBBS AA4RE ABBS
ACCESS ACIT [Citadel] ACROPOLIS (CITADEL CLONE)
ACS ADTBBS AFFINITY [Telegard]
AFTERDARK AFTERHOURS AFTERSHOCK
AIBBS (Artifically Intelligent BBS) ASGARD86 [Citadel] ASTRODOME BULLETIN BOARD SOFTWARE
ATLAS [Citadel] AUNTIE AURORA
AUTOBBS AXIS B0BADEL [Citadel]
BACKDOOR [Telegard] BAPHOMET [Forum-PC] BBASM
BBBS BBS4C BBS-PC!
BBSXpress BERNIE HOST BLACK LIGHTNING
BOYAN BRANDX [Forum-PC] CAPTAIN'S CITADEL [Citadel]
CELERITY [Forum-PC] CENTAURI'S CITADEL [Citadel] CHAIRMAN
CHANGE CHARISMA CHOICE [Forum-PC]
CHOST CIRRON [Forum-PC] CITADEL+ [Citadel]
CITADEL++ [Citadel] CITADEL86 [Citadel] CITADEL86E [Citadel]
CITADELK2NE [Citadel] COCONET COLLIE
COLOSSUS COMMONS CONCORD
COOPCITADEL [Citadel] COPPERCIT [Citadel] CRISIS [Telegard]
CYANIDE [Forum-PC] DARKSIDE DARKSTAR
DBBS DCI DELTA5
DEMENTIA [WWIV v4.x] DESIRE DIE
DISORDER AND DISARRAY [Telegard] DLX DMG
DNDBBS DOMINION DOORWAY
DRAGCIT [Citadel] DRAGCITY DRAGONSOFT
DREAMBBS DIGITAL DUNGEON DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
EAZIHOST EBBS EBBS+ (EBBS Plus)
EDI-BBS ENHANCED DLX (EDLX) EIS
ELEBBS ELEGIA ELFBBS
EMULEX [Forum-PC] EMULEX2 ETERNITY [Telegard]
EVILBBS EXECUTIVE EXPRESS
EZBBS EZYCOM FALCON
FALKEN FAQ [Forum-PC] FBB Packet Radio BBS
FEATHERNET FELONY FIDO
FLYPAPER FORA FORBES
FORCE FOREM FORNAX
FORTRESSPC [Citadel] Forum-PC FRED'S CITADEL
FREESPEECH FROGCIT FRONTIER
FUSION [Forum-PC] FXBBS GAP
GBBS (GRAPHICS BBS) GENESIS [Telegard] GENESISDELUXE
GENESISPROJECT GENOCIDE [Forum-PC] GHOST
GHOSTSHIP [Based on Turbo BBS by Bob Maxwell] GRAPEVINE GREMCIT [Citadel]
GSBBS [Forum-PC] GTALK GTPOWER
HARMONY HAVOK [Forum-PC] HELIUM [Forum-PC]
HOLOCIT HOST HYPE/2 [Telegard]
HYSTERIA [WWIV v4.x] IBM PC BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (IBBS) ICOMM
IDCCOM IDEATREE ILLUSION [Telegard]
IMAJICA IMPULSE [Telegard] INFINITY
INFUSION [Forum-PC] INIQUITY [Telegard] INNOVATION [Telegard]
INSANITY [Telegard] INSOMNIA [Forum-PC] INSTINCT
INTERBBS INVERSE IRONHENGE
JBBS JDRBBS JETBBS
JRBBS K2NE [Citadel] KBBS
KING KINGNET KISSBBS BY KISSWARE
KITTEN KWIKBBS LIQUIDBBS [Forum-PC]
LORABBS LSDBBS [Forum-PC] LUCID
LYNC LYNX MACH10
MACROBBS MAGNUM MAGPIE
MAJORBBS MAVENCIT [Citadel] MAXIHOST
MAXIMUS MEGAHOST MERLIN
METROPOLIS MICROCOSM MILTON
MINIHOST MINIKING MODE
MODULEX MONARCH MONARCH2 [Forum-PC]
MORPHEUS [Forum-PC] MUBBS (Multi-User Bulletin Board System) MULTIBOARD
MUTANT MYSTIC NANOBBS
NEOCITADEL [Citadel] NEOLITH NEXUS
NIGHTCIT NOCHANGE NOVABOARD
NOVUCIVITAS [Citadel-86] NYTI OBLIVION/2
ODYSSEY OLECOMPRO OMEGA
OMEGACOMM ONYX OPUS
ORACOMM ORION ORKADEL [Citadel]
OSIRIS OTERA [Forum-PC] OVERCIT [Novucivitas (Citadel-86)]
PARADIGM [Forum-PC] PARAGON [Telegard] PCBOARD
PCCONNECT PCEXPRESS PCPN
PEGASYS PHOENIX PHOENIXRCS
PICS [ROS v3.4] PILOT PIPELINE [Forum-PC]
POSTMASTER POWERBBS POWERBOARD
PPOINT (PROFESSIONAL POINT) PPPBBS PROBOARD
PROFLEX PROPHECY [Telegard] PUP
PYROTO MOUNTAIN (R) QBBS (BASICA Version) QHOST
QUANTUM QUICKBBS QUIVER
RAPTOR [Telegard] RADIOACTIVE TELEGARD (RAT) [Telegard] RBBS
REALM OF CHAOS BBS [Pipeline BBS] REMOTEACCESS RENEGADE
REVELATION [Telegard] ROBOBOARD ROS
ROVERBOARD RYBBS SAM (Slick Answer Machine)
SAPPHIRE SAURON SEADOG
SEARCHLIGHT SECRECY SHADOW [Telegard]
SHOCKWAVE [Forum-PC] SHOTGUN SHSYSTEMS
SILICOSIS [Forum-PC] SIMPLEX SLBBS
SLICK SLICKBBS [Forum-PC] SOCRATES
SPHYNX SPITFIRE SQUIGGLE
STADELPC STAREMPIRE STONEHENGE
SUBBS SUPERBBS SUPERCOMM
SUPERDLX SWIFTBBS SYNCHRONET
SYNERGY [Telegard] SYSTEM75 SYSTEM/X
TACHYON [Forum-PC] TAG TBBS
TCOMM TCPS TCS [Forum-PC]
TELAVIV TELEGARD TEMPEST
TERMINATE TINYHOST TINYHOSTPLUS
TOPQUARK TORNADO TOX
Turbo Pascal Bulletin Board System TPBCOM TPBOARD
TRIBBS TRITEL TURBOARD
TURBOBBS Turbo-BBS TURBOCIT
TWITCIT 2AM-BBS ULTIMATE
ULTIMATEBOARD ULTRABBS USSR (Underground Software Systems Revolt)
VARITALE VBBS (VIRTUAL BBS) VIRTUALADVANCED
VISBLAST [Telegard] Vision-BBS (derived from Telegard) [Telegard] Vision-BBS [Forum-PC]
VISION2 [Forum-PC] VISION/X VOID
WAFFLE WBBS WILDCAT
WINDOWED MODEM ENVIRONMENT (WME) WORLDGROUP WRBBS
WWIV XBBS XRBBS
XRS ZBBS
OS2
ACROBAT/2 ADEPTXBBS BBBS
BULLETRON CONCORD ELEBBS
FOSS FREXXLINK KBBS
KITTEN LORABBS MAGNUMBBS
MAXIMUS Omega Point/2 Bulletin Board System for OS/2 OMNIBOARD/2
ORACOMM ORIONCBCS PCBOARD
RAPTOR RENEGADE/2 SIMPLEXBBS
SYNCRONET TELEGARD/2 TORNADO
TRIBBS VBBS-OS2 VBOARD
XBBS
WINDOWS
BBBS CITADELNET EXCALIBUR
GAP LORABBS MAJORBBS
MAXIMUS MEDIAHOST MICROBBS
MINDWIRE MYSTIC OMNIBBS
Osiris XLT POWERBBS RACCOON
SHOCKWAVEPRO SHOTGUN SYNCHRONET
TCREMOTEACCESS TORNADO WINS (Wildcat! Interactive Network Server)
WORLDGROUP WWIV XENOTERRA
SINCLAIR
MK14: NO KNOWN BBS PROGRAMS
QL
PBOX QBOX
SPECTRUM
FIREFLY MICRON
ZX80: NO KNOWN BBS PROGRAMS
ZX-81 / TIMEX-SINCLAIR 1000: NO KNOWN BBS PROGRAMS
TANDY
COCO (Color Computer)
The Best BBS COLOR-80
MODEL 100
PBBS
TRS-80 MODEL II/12
BABECIT [Citadel]
COCO (OS9)
ACCESS COLOR BBS (ACBBS) APBBS L2
OS9BBS RIBBS STG NET (OR STG LOGIN PACKAGE)
COCO (RS-DOS)
ACBBS ALL RAM BBS SYSTEM CEBBS
COBBS COLORAMA MUSTANG
RAINBOARD SHADOWBBS TUBBS
TRS-80 MODEL I, III
BREEZE BULLET80 BULLETINBRD
CONNECTION80 CRYPT DARS
DBBS ERACS FASTPLUS
FASTTERM FISHNET FORUM80
GREENEMACHINE HAL84 INFOEX80
MESSAGE80 MINIBBS MINIBIN
MODEL4HOST MOUSENET MSBBS
MTABBS OMENBBS POWERBOARD
RATS REMS-80 SOBBS
ST80 SUPPORT80 TANDYTRADER
TBBS TOTAL CONFERENCE LINE (TCL) THE ALTERNATE BOARD BBS SYSTEM
TOWNECRIER TREEBOARD VISTA
ZENET ZETA
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A
CALTEX FLIPTERM 99BBS
PARADIGM (PBBS) PRO99ER RAZORBBS
S & T SMALLTALK TECHIE
TEXLINK TIBBS TIGBBS (TI GENERAL BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM)
TINET ZYOLOG
UNIX
GENERIC
BBS100 [Citadel] BIX CITADELUX
CIX DAVECODE DAYDREAM CAFE
DOC MICROMAGIC PHOTONBBS
PICOSPAN GNU Pipo-BBS PYFFLE
SATURN UNAXCESS UNIBOARD
UNIDEL [Citadel] VDOC [Citadel] WAFFLE
YABBS (Yet Another BBS) YAWC
LINUX
ADBBS AMBBS BBBS
BLACKBOX DAYDREAM DREALM
EBBS FALKEN FIREBIRD
FORUMS FTBBS IBBS
IX-MBOX JMR LIME
LORABBS MAJORBBS MAXIMUS
MBSE MCONV MYSTIC
NET4FREE NONAME ONEBBS
Onyx Sidewinder Bulletin Board System (OS BBS) PARLORHOUSE PIRATE BBS (PBBS)
ROCAT SAURON SHOCKWAVEPRO
TBBS THEBOARD VMATIK [DayDream]
VUBBS XBBS YABBS
YAK
VAX
VMS
COOPERBBS Fifth BBS NOTES
UBBS
Total of 876 BBS Programs.

Some of these BBS programs came from an excellent BBS Source Code Site run by Mark Firestone. He's done an excellent job of collecting many old BBS programs.

The documentation for SapphireBBS includes a "Why would you choose our software over these other 70?" and I used all 70 to increase the MS-DOS listings.

I stumbled along the absolutely astounding collection of Citadel-related software, lore, and lineage at http://anticlimactic.org/Citadel/. Bravo!

Bo Zimmerman's Commodore 64 page at www.zimmers.net has been a treasure trove for this and other parts of the site.

I got many of the more recent versions of DOS BBS Software from the COTBBS Page.

Lance Lyon found an old backup tape and gave me a good pile of vintage DOS BBS programs.