List of BBS software

This article is about software that acted as bulletin board systems themselves. For external BBS software, see BBS door.

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

Multi-platform

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.

Ami-Express – aka "/X", very popular in the crackers/warez software scene.
M A X's BBS
Paragon BBS system, one of the first software products created by Jon Radoff.^[2]

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.
Networks II – by Nick Naimo.
SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek.

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.
EleBBS
Falken
FBB (F6FBB) – packet radio BBS system, still in use.^[5]
GAP BBS – by Kenny Gardner, Gary Araki, & Michael Part. The first BBS written in Microsoft C ^[6]
GBBS (Graphics BBS) – used in the Melbourne area.
GT-Power
L.S.D. BBS – written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG).
JetBBS – written by Troy Beckstrom^[7]
The Major BBS
Maximus
MBBS
McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.
Mutant BBS
Mystic BBS
Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III.
PCBoard
PegaSys
Phaze BBS – seemed to be a modified version of Renegade (BBS).
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
EleBBS
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.

Bulletin board systems

List of bulletin board systems List of BBS software List of BBS door games

Culture	ANSI art Chat room File sharing (Timeline) MUD Sysop Virtual community

Technologies	ANSI escape code BBS door Remote Imaging Protocol Skypix

Networks	FidoNet RelayNet WWIVnet

Media coverage	BBS: The Documentary Boardwatch Computer Shopper textfiles.com

People	Ward Christensen Jason Scott

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