MUD/Telnet Clients
The MUD Client FAQ has valuable information about MUD clients and how to connect to MUDs in general. You need a client or telnet program to be able to connect to a MUD. The clients listed below are a few of the more popular clients for a variety of operating systems, but it is by no means an exhaustive or up-to-date list.
Note, the cross-platform clients may require installing additional packages, such as GTK toolkits, to run on Windows, MacOSX and some Unix platforms. Most Linux distributions will come with the toolkits already installed.
| Client | Operating Systems | Description |
 |
Windows | For players running Windows we highly reccomend Zmud and CMUD from
Zuggsoft, which does have a small purchase fee associated with it.
Also available:: ZMud Freeware for Win9x or Win3.1 (v3.62a) |
| Tinyfugue | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | A classic command line client that supports many platforms. |
| TinTin++ | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | Another classic command line client. |
| MushClient | Windows | A mud client for Windows designed with speed in mind. |
| Portal | Windows | A Windows client with many features. |
| Pueblo/UE | Windows | Another popular Windows client. |
| MacTelnet | MacOS 8/9 and MacOSX | A telnet client for the Mac platform. |
| Gnome-Mud | Linux/Unix | Formerly AMCL, this is a GTK based client intended for the Gnome desktop environment. |
| KildClient | Linux/Unix | A GTK based client with support for Perl scripts |
| kmc | Linux/Unix | A QT based client for use with the KDE desktop environment. |
| KMud | Linux/Unix | A UNIX/Linux client for the KDE desktop environment. |
| mcl | Linux/Unix | A virtual console (xterm, etc) client for Linux/Unix that supports Python and Perl scripting. |
| Mmucl | Linux/Unix | A tcl/Tk and tcl/GTK client for Linux. Also has a text based interface. |
| GGMud | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | A GTK2 client based on the TinTin++ and ZMud 4.6.x feature sets. |
| Lyntin | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | A Python client based on TinTin++. |
| Papaya | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | A GTK based cross-platform client. |
| Trebuchet Tk | Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOSX | A tcl/Tk based client intended for the TinyMUD/MUSH/MOO community and inspired by TinyFugue. |