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🖥 A curated list of bookmarks, tools, tutorials, and other cool resources for text-based game developers.

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# Awesome MUD [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/kill-grue-red.svg)

> A curated list of bookmarks, tools, tutorials, and other cool resources for text-based game developers.

*Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. You might also like [awesome-shell](https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell) and [awesome-cli-apps](https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps), which both support text-based living!*

Want to add your awesome MUD resource? Make the change and [open a pull request](https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/#opening-a-pull-request)!

## Contents

- [Clients](#clients)
- [Codebases](#codebases)
- [Hosting](#hosting)
- [Communities](#communities)

## Clients

_Log in and play._

- [axmud](https://axmud.sourceforge.io/) - A modern Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) client written in Perl 5 / Gtk3
- [Blightmud](https://github.com/LiquidityC/Blightmud) -  A mud client for the terminal
- [BlowTorch](https://bt.happygoatstudios.com/) - A MUD client for Android.
- JMC - Jaba MUD Client forks: [by conelav](https://github.com/konelav/jmc) and [by nerevar](https://nerevar.github.io/jmc/)
- [KBtin](https://github.com/kilobyte/kbtin) - TinTin++-style MUD client
- [mmc](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mmc-kerd/) - the MUD client for UNIX and Win32
- [muddle](https://github.com/gvanderest/muddle) - Electron-Based MUD Client 
- [Mudlet](https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet) - A cross-platform, MUD client with scripting in Lua.
- [MUDRammer](https://github.com/splinesoft/MUDRammer) - Modern MUD client for the iPhone and iPad.
- [powwow](https://github.com/MUME/powwow)
- [TinTin++](http://tintin.sourceforge.net/) - Cross-platform, command line MUD client.
- [Tortilla](https://github.com/tmud/tortilla)

## Codebases

_Active and retired MUD codebases._

- [ArchaicQuest](https://github.com/LiamKenneth/ArchaicQuest) - C# web based MUD engine.
- [AwakeMUD](https://github.com/luciensadi/AwakeMUD) - Community fork of Awakened Worlds written in C++.
- [BRus MUD Engine](https://github.com/bylins/mud) - Russian MUD engine in C++.
- [CoffeMud](https://github.com/bozimmerman/CoffeeMud) - Java-based MUD engine.
- [CurryMUD](https://github.com/jasonstolaruk/CurryMUD) - Textual Multi-User Dungeon server in Haskell.
- [DikuMUD3](https://github.com/Seifert69/DikuMUD3) - Latest DikuMID release with HTML and websockets support.
- [DUM](https://github.com/wowpin/dumserver) - A modern Python MU* engine.
- [DragonMUD](https://github.com/bbuck/dragon-mud) - MUD engine in GO.
- [EmpireMUD](https://github.com/EmpireMUD/EmpireMUD-2.0-Beta) - EmpireMUD is a MUD server with a persistent world map. It is a derivative of CircleMUD and DikuMUD. 
- [Evennia](https://github.com/evennia/evennia) - Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system.
- [ExVenture](https://github.com/oestrich/ex_venture) - Elixir based MUD engine.
- [FluffOS](https://github.com/fluffos/fluffos) - actively maintained LPMUD driver, based on the last release of MudOS.
- [HellCore](https://github.com/necanthrope/HellCore) - HellCore fork of LambdaMOO.
- [Kalevala](https://github.com/oestrich/kalevala) - World building toolkit for text based games, written in Elixir.
- [Legends of Future Past](https://github.com/jonradoff/lofp) - 1992 commercial MUD resurrected from original script files using AI. Go backend, React frontend, WebSocket multiplayer. MIT license. [Play free](https://lofp.metavert.io).
- [ldmud](https://github.com/ldmud/ldmud) - LDMud game driver for LPMuds.
- [Ranvier](https://github.com/shawncplus/ranviermud) - Node.js-based MUD engine.
- [RockMUD](https://github.com/MoreOutput/RockMUD) - Node.js-based WebSockets-capable MUD server.
- [room.js](https://github.com/doughsay/room.js) - Node.js-based MUD/MOO engine.
- [Tale](https://github.com/irmen/Tale) - Mud, mudlib & interactive fiction framework.
- [tbaMUD](https://github.com/tbamud/tbamud) - tbaMUD is the continued development of the codebase formerly known as CircleMUD

## Protocols

_Specifications of various MUD-related protocols_

- [GMCP](https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/gmcp/) - Generic Mud Communication Protocol.
- [MCCP](https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/mccp/) - Mud Client Compression Protocol.
- [MSP](https://www.zuggsoft.com/zmud/msp.htm) - Mud Sound Protocol.
- [MSSP](https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/mssp/) - Mud Server Status Protocol.
- [MTTS](https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/mtts/) - Mud Terminal Type Standard.	
- [Ironrealms GMCP](https://nexus.ironrealms.com/GMCP) - Specification of GMCP used by Iron Realms Nexus Client.
- [Protocols supported by Mudlet](https://wiki.mudlet.org/w/Manual:Supported_Protocols#MSP) - Docs about protocols supported by Mudlet.

## Hosting

_Places to put a MUD._

- [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) - Cloud-computing provider offering affordable virtual private servers.

## Communities

_Connect with other MUD enthusiasts._

- [The MUD Coders Guild](https://mudcoders.com) - Slack community for text-based game developers.
- [r/MUD](https://www.reddit.com/r/MUD) - Reddit's official MUD community.
- [Titans of Text](https://www.titansoftext.com/) - MUD related podcast

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