SOFTWARE LIBRARY
The software
The programs that ran the boards and the machines that called them. Every title has its story. The free ones are on the shelf: download one, or put it on a floppy in your disk box.
BBS software
6 titlesPC
TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS
Mystic BBSPC · Linux / Unix · 1997–2023
A PC board from 1997, free, running on everything from Windows to a Raspberry Pi.
FREEWARE
6
SynchronetPC · Linux / Unix · 1991–2026
A PC board from 1991 that went free and then open source, and now answers telnet for boards of every kind, PETSCII included.
OPEN SOURCE
11
WWIVPC · Linux / Unix · 1984–2023
A PC board from 1984 with its own network, WWIVnet. Open source today.
OPEN SOURCE
2
Linux / Unix
TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS
ENiGMA½Linux / Unix · 2015
A board written for the 2010s, which talks to old terminals the way they expect. Open source.
OPEN SOURCE
1
MBSE BBSLinux / Unix · 1998–2026
A board for Linux from 1998, with FidoNet built in. Open source.
OPEN SOURCE
PETSCII BBSLinux / Unix
A toolkit for building PETSCII boards for 64 and 128 callers, written in Java.
RIGHTS UNKNOWN
1