Mud Client Support Table

Mud Protocol Recommendations

If you see any inaccuracies or have info on a later version of a client, or a new client entirely, please send me your info.

brief list

clientTTYPEtitlebarNAWSEORNOPECHOcharsetESC[22mMXPMCCPnotes
Latin1IacIacUnicodeDEC
AL Client 2.01 (Linux) yes(*) yes(*) yes no yes yes yes yes yes(*) yes(*) yes(*) no no passes everything through to xterm
AL Client 2.01 (Windows) yes(*) no yes no yes yes yes yes no no yes no no
AvPlay 5cno no no no yes no no no no no no no no no ansi support! not even ignoring escape sequences!
beipmu 2.00.142yes no yes (*) yes yes no (*) yes yes no (*) yes yes no no
BMud 0.5no no no no no no yes no no no no no no no background colour support
cantrip 0.8 no (*) no yes no (*) yes ignores no ? ? no ? ? yes
clio 1.7 yes(*) no yes(*) no no ignores yes no no no no(*) no no appalling colour handling, \033[0m does not set colourcodes back to default.
Crescendo 1.1.6no no no(*) no yes no (*) yes yes no no yes no no GUI wrapper for TF!
CRT 4.0.1yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes(*) yes(*) yes no no Defaults to monochrome
crystal 0.2.1 yes (*) yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (*) yes yes no yes
DDE Mud Client 1.5.82No no no no no no Yes no no no no no no No background colour support. Pretty awful choice of default colours.
DSClient 1.40no no no no no yes no no (*) no no no no no ansi parser screwed. avoid.
Elf 4.03no no No no Yes Yes No no (*) No No No no no
Ferox 0.1bno no no no no yes no no no no no no no background colours misaligned
Fire Client 2.11ano no no no no ignores yes no no No yes no no no background support.
gatewaymu 1.0 beta 1no no no no no no yes no no no no no no Resets colours at newlines. No telnet support. No prompt support. Generally quite buggy.
gmoo 0.5.6no no no no no no yes no no no no no no no prompt display. no telnet support.
gmud 1.9bno no no no yes ignores no no no no no (*) no no Defaults to proportional font. default colour brighter than bright white.
gMUDix 0.9 yes (*) no yes no yes yes (*) yes yes yes no yes no yes
gnome-mud 0.9.1 yes(*) no no yes yes ignores yes no no no no no yes black-on-white test failed
gosclient 1.6.1no no no no yes no yes no no no no no no no support for telnet. colour parser has colour-setting and bold not independent. no background support. gets confused by escpae sequences it doesn't recognise.
GroundZero II Mud Client? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Couldn't figure out how to turn ugly overlaid windows off. Didn't test.
hydraMUD v0.5.0ano no no no barfs(*) yes yes no ? barfs no no no Does not support setting the background colour. \r doesn't work. Does not reset the foreground colour with ^n. Underline attribute resets foreground colour at the same time, or "&=rgRed text on a green background.^n\n" did this at the end of the line.
JamochaMUD beta9 2002-11-10no no no no yes no yes no no (*) no no ? ? totally broken colour parser.
java client yes(*) ignores yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes no no Backspace cursor lefts.
JMC 3.26no no no yes yes no no yes no no no no no Doesn't understand concept of bright.
KBTin 1.0.3 yes (*) no yes no yes yes yes yes(*) no no no no no Very poor prompt handling.
kmud 1.0no no no no yes yes yes no no no ? ? yes
kmuddy 0.4.1 yes(*) no yes no yes ignores yes yes no no yes no no
lyntin 3.1 yes (*) no (*) no barfs yes yes yes yes no no yes no no
mcl 0.53no no no yes yes yes yes no no no no no yes
Mud Master 2000 3.44no no no no yes ignores yes no no no no no no
mmc 4.1.0084no no no no yes yes (*) yes yes no no no no yes No background colour support
mmucl 1.4.2no no no no yes ignores yes no no no (*) no(*) no no
MonkeyTerm 2.1 yes (*) no yes no yes barfs yes yes no no no no no The colour test broke it's colour parser. Accordingly all parts were given no.
moops 1.2.0.226no no no no no no yes no no no no no no Poor prompt handling.
MuckClient 3.01No No No No No No Yes No No No No no no
MudAid 0.1ano ignores no no barfs barfs yes no no no yes ? ?
mudix 4.6no no no ? no yes yes no no no no ? ? No background colour support. Poor prompt handling.
mudlin 0.7no yes no no yes no (*) no no no yes (*) yes (*) ? ? ignores the prompt. bad iac handling.
Mud Master 2.6.1no no no no yes ignores no no no no no no no victim of microsoft cp problem
mushclient 3.32 yes (*) no yes (*) no yes ignores yes yes no no yes yes yes
NFMCA 0.2.5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Original Gamer 0.4.7no no yes no yes yes yes yes no no yes no no
papaya 0.98 yes(*) yes yes yes yes yes yes yes(*) yes no yes no yes
Perl Mud Client 2.100? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portal 8.0 C yes (*) no no no yes ignores yes yes no no no (*) no no
powwow 1.2.5 yes(*) yes no no yes yes yes yes no yes yes ? ? Passes colour codes through, but does line editing.
Pueblo 2.60yes no no no yes yes (*) yes no no no yes no yes Seems to force prompt output even when we dont want it causing some layout to be disturbed.
putty yes (*) yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes(*) yes(*) yes no no
rapscallion 2.0.2no no no no no no no no(*) no no no no no not maintained
rmc 0.69no no no no yes yes no no no no(*) no(*) no no has funny idea of what 'black on white' looks like - more like light grey on white. Doesn't boldface for bold, only intensifies.
RoAClient 4.7no no no no no yes yes no (*) no no no no yes Displays black on white as white on red.
Sanx's MUD Client 1.2.41No No no No no no yes yes no no no no no Proportional font by default. doesn't understand ESC[0m! No backgrounds colour support. Not maintained.
sclient 0.7.2no no(*) no no no yes yes no (*) no no(*) no(*) no no
simplemu 4.4.8 yes (*) no no no yes partial yes yes no no no no yes
smm++ 6.0.1no no no no yes yes yes no no no (*) no no yes
SMud 1.0.4no no no no no no yes no no no yes no no no telnet support. seems to attempt MCP negotiaton unilaterally. odd screen width issues.
souracid? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? homepage broken
SpMUD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? crashed when testing. no or buggy ansi support.
swordview beta 8 yes (*) no yes no yes yes yes yes no no yes no no
telnet yes(*) yes(*) yes no yes yes yes yes yes(*) yes yes ? ?
telnet (Windows 2000) yes (*) no yes(*) no yes ignores no(*) yes no ? ? ? ?
telnet (Windows 95) yes (*) no no no yes ignores yes yes no no no (*) ? ? Monochrome!
Tera Term Pro 2.3 yes (*) yes yes yes yes no yes yes no yes yes ? ? Backspace cursor lefts.
Tinkeri View? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Crashed. Unable to test.
tintin++ 1.86no no no no no no yes yes(*) no yes yes ? ? displays unrecognised IAC sequences on screen, no scrollback. may pass colour codes directly to terminal.
tinyfugue 4.0 stable 1no no yes yes yes yes no no no no yes no no Unmaintained
tkMOO-light 0.3.32no no no no no no ys no no no no ? ? Defaults to not parsing ANSI! (and black-on-white)
Trebuchet 1.029no no no no yes ignores yes yes no no no (*) ? ? Defaults to black-on-white.
VMoo 1.6b? ? no ? ? ? ? no ? ? no ? ? Defaults to black on white.
winmud 1.12no no no no yes no yes no no no no no no no ansi support. full-screen window
xpertmud 3.0 beta 1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ymusk 0.99? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
zmud 6.40 yes (*) no yes yes yes ignores yes yes no No no yes yes

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