Table of Contents
Terminal Programs
BBS Compatible Terminal Programs
Stand-alone
| Name | Windows | Linux | FreeBSD | MacOS | Telnet | RLogin | SSH | Serial | X/Y/Z1) | ANSI2) | RIP3) | PETSCII4) | ATASCII | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbsoluteTelnet | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | X/Y/Z | ??? | ??? | No | No | Commercial |
| Blocker | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Z | Yes | No | No | No | |
| CBMTerm | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | C64 Terminal for Windows (v3 C# source code) |
| CGTerm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sorta | No | No | No | X | No | No | Yes | No | Open source, platform independent terminal program for C/G telnet BBSes |
| dataComet | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Z | ??? | ??? | No | No | Commercial |
| Hilgraeve HyperTerminal PE v6 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | X/Y/Z | Yes | ? | No | No | Included with Windows XP, ZMODEM uploads broken, v7 no longer free for personal use |
| IcyTERM | Yes | Yes | ??? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Open source |
| Le Putty | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Z | No | No | No | No | Fork of putty, uses external rz/sz, possibly build-your-own for *nix |
| MagiTerm | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Microsoft telnet.exe | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No5) | No | No | No | Included/available with all Microsoft Windows NT+ OSes. After XP (Vista and later), the ANSI-BBS/CP437 support is horrible. Not recommended for BBS use |
| mTelnet | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Z | Yes | No | No | No | Win32/OS2 versions. Author, Tom Fotherby is MIA. free/closed source |
| MuffinTerm | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Planned | New BBS-terminal for Mac, iPad, iPhone |
| NetRunner | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Z | Yes | No | No | No | From the developer of Mystic BBS Software |
| PuTTY | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Defaults to non-CP437 character set |
| Qodem | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | X/Y/Z | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Open source Qmodem clone |
| RIPtel | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | The “official” RIPscrip Telnet client from TeleGrafix (circa 1997) |
| SyncTERM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | X/Y/Z | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | From the Synchronet developers, free, open source, official releases are here |
| ZOC Terminal | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | X/Y/Z | Yes | No | No | No | Commercial |
| ztelnet | No | Yes | Yes | ??? | Yes | No | No | No | Z | ??? | No | No | No | Free, open source, uses external rz/sz. Appears to be abandoned. |
Web-based
| Name | Telnet | RLogin | SSH | X/Y/ZMODEM | RIP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flashterm | Yes | No | No | No | No | Requires Adobe Flash Player and compatible web browser |
| fTelnet | Yes | Yes | No | YModem-G Only | Partially | More features than Flashterm! Intended to be installed by SysOps on their BBS's website. See the “My fTelnet” entry for user-focused implementation. Requires Adobe Flash Player and compatible web browser |
| HtmlTerm | Yes | No | No | YModem-G Only | No | Intended to be installed by SysOps on their BBS's website. Requires a compatible web browser (supporting Canvas and WebSockets) |
| JavaTelnetSSH | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Poor ANSI-BBS support, Version 1 here |
| My fTelnet | Yes | No | No | YModem-G Only | No | Web based, free, open source. It's basically HtmlTerm ready to be used by users, unlike the HtmlTerm entry above which is more for SysOps. Requires a compatible web browser (supporting Canvas and WebSockets) |
Mobile
| Name | iOS | Android | Telnet | RLogin | SSH | X/Y/ZMODEM | RIP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iSSH | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Telnet/SSH client for Apple iOS |
| ANSI Terminal | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Decent Telnet client for Andriod. Costs $1.00 USD |
| MuffinTerm | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | New ANSI-BBS terminal for macOS, iOS, iPadOS |
See Also
1)
X/Y/ZMODEM file transfer protocols support
2)
ANSI-BBS/CP437 terminal support
3)
RIPscrip terminal support
4)
C64/C128 terminal support
5)
older versions of telnet.exe supported ANSI-BBS
