List of BBS software

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

For broader coverage of this topic, see Bulletin board system.

This is a list of notable bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.

Multi-platform

• Citadel – originally written for the CP/M operating system, had many forks for different systems under different names.
• CONFER – CONFER II on the MTS, CONFER U on Unix and CONFER V on VAX/VMS, written by Robert Parnes starting in 1975.
• Mystic BBS – written by James Coyle with versions for Windows/Linux/ARM Linux/OSX. Past versions: MS-DOS and OS/2.
• Synchronet – Windows/Linux/BSD, past versions: MS-DOS and OS/2.
• WWIV – WWIV v5.x is supported on both Windows 7+ 32bit as well as Linux 32bit and 64bit. Written by Wayne Bell, included WWIVNet. Past versions: MS-DOS and OS/2.

Altos 68000

• PicoSpan

Amiga

• Ami-Express – aka "/X", very popular in the crackers/warez software scene.
• C-Net – aka "Cnet"

Apple II

• 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.
• Net-Works II – by Nick Naimo.
• SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek.

Atari 8-bit computers

• Atari Message Information System – and derivatives

Commodore 64

• Blue Board – by Martin Sikes.
• C*Base – by Gunther Birznieks, Jerome P. Yoner, and David Weinehall.
• C-Net DS2 – by Jim Selleck.
• Color64 – by Greg Pfountz.
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.

CP/M

• CBBS – The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
• Citadel
• RBBS
• TBBS

Macintosh

• Citadel – including Macadel, MacCitadel.
• FirstClass (SoftArc)
• Hermes
• Second Sight
• TeleFinder

Microsoft Windows

• Excalibur BBS
• Maximus
• Mystic BBS

MS-DOS and compatible

• Citadel – including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
• FBB (F6FBB) – packet radio BBS system, still in use.
• 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
• McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald.
• Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III.
• PCBoard
• PegaSys
• ProBoard BBS – written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium)
• QuickBBS – written by Adam Hudson, with assistance by Phil Becker.
• RBBS-PC
• RemoteAccess – written by Andrew Milner.
• Renegade – written by Cott Lang until 1997. Currently maintained by T.J. McMillen since 2003.
• RoboBOARD/FX – written by Seth Hamilton.
• Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
• Spitfire
• SuperBBS – by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala.
• TBBS
• TCL
• Telegard
• TriBBS
• 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.

OS/2

• Maximus
• PCBoard
• Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.

TRS-80

• Forum 80
• TBBS - by Phil Becker, for the Model III/4

Unix and compatible

• Citadel – including Citadel/UX, Dave's Own Citadel.
• Falken – Linux versions by Chris Whitacre, past MS-DOS versions written by Herb Rose.
• Firebird BBS – Linux-based.
• LysKOM
• Maple BBS
• Maximus
• PCBoard v16 – formerly by CDC, now by MP Solutions, LLC.
• PicoSpan
• Waffle (BBS software)