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

client	TTYPE	titlebar	NAWS	EOR	NOP	ECHO	charset				ESC[22m	MXP	MCCP	notes
client	TTYPE	titlebar	NAWS	EOR	NOP	ECHO	Latin1	IacIac	Unicode	DEC	ESC[22m	MXP	MCCP	notes
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 5c	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no ansi support! not even ignoring escape sequences!
beipmu 2.00.142	yes	no	yes (*)	yes	yes	no (*)	yes	yes	no (*)	yes	yes	no	no
BMud 0.5	no	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 1.1.6	no	no	no(*)	no	yes	no (*)	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	GUI wrapper for TF!
CRT 4.0.1	yes	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 1.5.82	No	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	No background colour support. Pretty awful choice of default colours.
DSClient 1.40	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no (*)	no	no	no	no	no	ansi parser screwed. avoid.
Elf 4.03	no	no	No	no	Yes	Yes	No	no (*)	No	No	No	no	no
Ferox 0.1b	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	background colours misaligned
Fire Client 2.11a	no	no	no	no	no	ignores	yes	no	no	No	yes	no	no	no background support.
gatewaymu 1.0 beta 1	no	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 0.5.6	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no prompt display. no telnet support.
gmud 1.9b	no	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 1.6.1	no	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 v0.5.0a	no	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 2002-11-10	no	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 3.26	no	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 1.0	no	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 0.53	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Mud Master 2000 3.44	no	no	no	no	yes	ignores	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no
mmc 4.1.0084	no	no	no	no	yes	yes (*)	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	No background colour support
mmucl 1.4.2	no	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 1.2.0.226	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	Poor prompt handling.
MuckClient 3.01	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	no	no
MudAid 0.1a	no	ignores	no	no	barfs	barfs	yes	no	no	no	yes	?	?
mudix 4.6	no	no	no	?	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	?	?	No background colour support. Poor prompt handling.
mudlet 1.1.0	no	no	yes (*)	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	barfs	barfs (*)
mudlet 2.1	yes	no	yes (*)	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	barfs (*)	colour display appears to be almost entirely broken.
mudlin 0.7	no	yes	no	no	yes	no (*)	no	no	no	yes (*)	yes (*)	?	?	ignores the prompt. bad iac handling.
Mud Master 2.6.1	no	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 0.4.7	no	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 2.60	yes	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 2.0.2	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no(*)	no	no	no	no	no	not maintained
rmc 0.69	no	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 4.7	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	no (*)	no	no	no	no	yes	Displays black on white as white on red.
Sanx's MUD Client 1.2.41	No	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 0.7.2	no	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++ 6.0.1	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no (*)	no	no	yes
SMud 1.0.4	no	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++ 1.86	no	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.
wintin++ 2.00.9	tintin++	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	?	?	displays unrecognised IAC sequences on screen. may pass colour codes directly to terminal.
tinyfugue 4.0 stable 1	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	Unmaintained
tkMOO-light 0.3.32	no	no	no	no	no	no	ys	no	no	no	no	?	?	Defaults to not parsing ANSI! (and black-on-white)
Trebuchet 1.029	no	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 1.12	no	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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