A mud client is a piece of software used to connect to a MUD. Generally a mud client is a very basic telnet client that lacks VT100 terminal emulation and the capability to perform telnet negotiations. On the other hand they are enhanced with features designed to specifically work well with mudding. Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... In computer gaming, a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon or Domain or Dimension) is a multi-player computer game that combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash style computer games and social chat rooms. ... TELNET (TELetype NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. ... The VT100 was a video terminal made by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which became the de facto standard used by terminal emulators. ...

Standard features seen in most mud clients include ANSI color support, aliases, triggers and scripting. The client can often be extended almost indefinitely with its built-in scripting language. Most muds restrict the usage of scripts because it gives an unfair advantage, as well as the fear that the game will end up being played by fully automated clients instead of human beings. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit standards organization that produces industrial standards in the United States. ... A macro in computer science is an abstraction, that defines how a certain input pattern is replaced by an output pattern according to a defined set of rules. ... Event-driven programming is a computer programming paradigm. ... Scripting languages (commonly called scripting programming languages or script languages) are computer programming languages that are typically interpreted and can be typed directly from a keyboard. ...

History

The first mud client with any significant number of features was Tinytalk by Anton Rang in 1990, for Unix-like systems. This was followed in the same year by TinyFugue, originally by Greg Hudson and taken over by Ken Keys in 1991. TinyFugue has continued to evolve and remains one of the most popular clients today for Unix-like systems. Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... TinyFugue, or tf, is a MUD client, primarily written for Unix-like operating systems. ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ...

Another early client was TinTin++ by Bill Reiss in 1993, which in turn was based on TINTIN, written by Peter Unold in 1992. The client gained popularity quickly because of its easy to use scripting language and the popularity of DIKU muds which it was designed for. Being open source with originally no license restrictions, many current clients like GGMud, MudMaster, and Pueblo are based on TinTin++.

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Also following on from Tintin's success, Mike Potter (better known as Zugg) was keen to produce a Windows port of the client. In 1995, zMUD reached v1.0 and began to be distributed. Initially, it was licensed as freeware, but Zugg realised that he could make a living from sales of the client, and thus Zugg Software was formed, selling zMUD v4.0 as shareware. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zuggs MUD Client (zMUD) is a Telnet client specifically designed to connect to a MUD (Multi User Domain/Dungeon). ... Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Mud Client Support Table

The MUD client support table gives an overview of various mud clients and their capabilities. A larger but no longer maintained support table is available at the Cryosphere homepage. The operating systems the clients can run on. ...

Telnet extensions

Some MUD clients and servers have augmented basic TELNET / VT100 with a variety of new higher-level protocols and features.

A widespread feature is MCCP, which specifies a method for compressing the data streams. A proxy can be used for any client which does not support MCCP directly. Another, less used, extension is MXP, first developed by the Pueblo client but was then taken and extended by zMUD. Several of the more advanced clients are capable of handling MXP, which adds an HTML-like structure to a server's output, providing additional formatting capabilities among other things. Some other occasionally used protocols are MUD Sound Protocol, a means of playing sounds in MUDs, and the MUD Client Protocol, a framework for new client - server protocols. In computing, MCCP stands for Mud Client Compression Protocol. ... Categories: Disambiguation | Software stubs | Data compression software ... Look up Data stream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Proxy may refer to something which acts on behalf of something else as in: Proxy democracy, a bottom-up democracy or delegative democracy Proxy server, a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services Proxy pattern, a software design pattern in computer programming... In computing, MCCP stands for Mud Client Compression Protocol. ... In computing, MXP stands for Mud eXtention Protocol. ... Zuggs MUD Client (zMUD) is a Telnet client specifically designed to connect to a MUD (Multi User Domain/Dungeon). ... HTML, short for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ... MUD Client Protocol, or MCP for short, is a telnet-like protocol designed for MUDs. ...

List of clients

Free Software clients

Multiplatform or platform independent clients

• JamochaMUD: An open source client written in Java and available under the GNU General Public License. Platform independent.
• KildClient: Free (GPLed) client for UNIX and Windows systems. Supports Perl scripting.
• Lyntin: a client written in Python and open-source. Platform independent.
• MMC: Free MUD client for UNIX and Win32. Supports Perl scripting.
• MudMagic Client: Free and OpenSource desktop mud client written for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Written using GTK+.
• TinTin++: A console client that runs under the Unix family, Mac OS X, and Windows.
• Xpertmud: supports Python and Perl, and 'plugins' are also writeable. Runs on KDE. Ruby is available but not functional and not supported.
• muby: GPLed MUD client created using Ruby. Uses Ncurses for presentation and supports powerful and straightforward scripting in Ruby (of course).
• Tinyfugue: TinyFugue, aka "tf", is a flexible, screen-oriented MUD client. It has an advanced scripting language.

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Windows clients

• DoNClient: A Free to use MUD client for Windows. Fully featured with triggers/aliases, and can be programmed in C#.
• DracMUD: Freeware MUD Client that supports customized colors, macros, and hotkeys for movement.
• Dragonsong Mud Client: Free (GPLed), client for Windows written in C#. Features ANSI color, macros, aliases, logging and multiple connections in one window.
• GMUD: a simple, full featured Windows based client.
• Mud Master 2000
• VWMUD Master for Windows XP: MUD client for Windows XP. TinTin style Triggers, aliases, mapping, plus extensive mouse support.
• MUTT (MUD client): *MUTT Homepage: FREE - the first scriptable, multi-threaded Windows MUD client.
• Pueblo/EU: is a FREE Windows client. It supports tintin aliases/triggers, simple HTML, pictures (gif, jpg) sounds (wav, midi).
• WinTin.Net: a FREE Windows client based on PuTTY and the scripting engine of TinTin++, C# and VB.NET. This client features such things as MXP(Mud Extension Protocol), MCCP(Mud Client Compression Protocol), multiple sessions, Wintin Chat Facility, as well as many more.

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*nix clients

• Gnome-Mud: A client for the GNOME desktop environment, once named amcl. Features include Python scripting and C modules.
• KBtin: a major fork of TinTin++. Unix/Mac OS X only.
• Kmud: a mud client for the KDE desktop environment. It hasn't been updated since 2002-09-29.
• Kmuddy: an up-to-date feature-full client for the KDE desktop environment.
• KMush: a native KDE application written in Java using the koala/qtjava bindings, particularly suited for MUSH softcoding.
• mcl: a fast, console client with alias support as well as perl and python plugins.
• Powwow: a Unix-based client based on Cancan with powerful alias and trigger capabilities.
• Rapscallion: an advanced client for the Mac OS. Although the program was formerly shareware, the author later made it open source and free. The website is no longer available, however.

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Proprietary Clients

• SimpleMU: Client for Windows.
• MUSHClient: Client for Windows, also runs under WINE. Has support for several programming languages.
• Portal: Portal Mud Client for Windows
• Atlantis: A new, popular MacOS client.
• Savitar: A MacOS client with a fair amount of features.
• zMUD: Versatile MUD/Telnet client for PC/Windows; supports VT100 (rare among MUD clients).