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Current BBBS version is 4.01 Flag. It was released 28th January, 2007, with 4.10 Toy-7 upgrade package released 23th April, 2024.

Current BTERM version is 4.10 Toy-5. It was released 10th June, 2021.


Overview

BBBS is a very powerful BBS system written by two Finnish programmers, namely Kim 'B' Heino (b@bbbs.net) and Tapani T. 'Z' Salmi. BBBS has been developed since 1990 and still has a continous developement.


Features

BBBS is a fullfledged BBS system which incorporates all of your needs for setting up your own BBS. BBBS contains full Internet and Fidonet support. Fidonet messages and Internet news and email are embedded together with a versatile WWW-based, offline and online message reading system.

BBBS is easy to customize to suit every need imaginable. It is configurable also from the user's point of view. There are hundreds of 3rd party utilities available, mostly coded with BBBS's C-alike script language.

For a more specific featurelist, please go to the feature page.


Supported
Platforms

BBBS is available in many distributions. For new installs please download both "Base" and "Upgrade". For existing systems only "Upgrade" is needed.

Platform Base (4.01 Flag) Upgrade (4.10 Toy-7)
Linux bbbs_lii.tar.gz 64bit, 32bit, RaspberryPi
Windows bbbs_nt.zip win.zip
OS/2 bbbs_2.zip os2.zip
FreeBSD/Intel bbbs_fbi.tar.gz

Some of our user accounts have expired so we couldn't compile all the release archives. Here are the v4.00 MP, v3.42 1s or v3.33 How releases for those operating systems. If you have an extra user account to any operating system not listed above please contact us.

Platform Base
PC-DOS bbbsrd.zip
Amiga bbbsra.zip
Linux/SPARC bbbsrlis.tar.gz
Linux/Alpha bbbsrlia.tar.gz
SunOS/Motorola bbbsrsum.zip
SunOS/SPARC bbbsrsus.zip
Solaris/SPARC bbbsrsos.zip
SCO OpenServer bbbsrsco.zip
Unixware bbbsruw.zip
IRIX bbbsrirs.zip
Ultrix bbbsruld.zip

Resources

BTERM

BTERM is a small VT320 terminal emulator to be used as a telnet client or with modem/ISDN. It is free for single user non-commercial use, for all other use you must register BBBS.

BTERM has all the features BBBS has, including for example internal HYDRA, Zmodem and Kermit, C-alike script language, TCP/IP support (telnet, ssh and raw socket), FAX, SMS and voice support and BZLink-Lite connection (you can upload and download while using the BBS normally).

Platform Base
Linux/Intel 64bit bter_li6.tar.bz2
Linux/Intel 32bit bter_lii.tar.bz2
Linux/RaspberryPi bter_lir.tar.bz2
Windows bter_nt.zip
OS/2 bter_2.zip
FreeBSD/Intel bter_fbi.tar.gz
PC-DOS bterrd.zip
Amiga bterra.zip
Linux/SPARC bterrlis.tar.gz
Linux/Alpha bterrlia.tar.gz
SunOS/Motorola bterrsum.zip
Solaris/SPARC bterrsos.zip

There is also BTERM for Nokia Communicator 9000/9110.