Someone asked me today about finding another client to use. They didn't want to pay for zMUD, didn't like SimpleMu, and even though I gave them a list of like 20 other clients, they couldn't find one they liked. So I'm curious what everyone uses and why they prefer that client. Maybe one I've never heard of.

Gmud all the way, baby. Simple. Comprehensive. Versatile. And, best of all, free!

I use GMud as well. There was a point in time that I used MUSHclient, but it was not GMud so I went back.

Most of our players use JMC (while I prefer and do pay *yeah yeah* for ZMUD).

You can find a link to JMC at

It's a great client for scripting. At any rate, try it out. My players seem to like it and can't live without it.

I use the freeware version of zmud, and it suits me very well.

I've tried the later ones, but I still prefer the old reliable 3.62a. I don't need all the advanced features of the later versions, so I keep the the old one and am very satsified.

If you're running an NT version of windows this isn't a possible option though...

For Windows I use GMUD. It has a few quirks, or course... mainly the color bleeding problem. But, aside from that it's the best MUD client I've found for Windows. Some people don't like that it doesn't have blinking but for me that's a plus.

For *nix, which I use now almost 100% of the time, I suggest . It's a lot like GMUD, but without the quirks, and a number of added, useful features.

I too am a fan of GMUD. I used it with no problems (except the color bleeding one) on Win95 and Win98 machines.

For some reason, on my Win2K machine, I can't paste text (it seems to lose sync with CRs and LFs) then I have to quit GMUD and restart it again. Very painful when you're trying to build. Anyone know of a fix?

I personally prefer tinyfugue. It's clean, simple, flexible and GPL'd. Don't need no stinking gui for a fricken' text based medium. Then again, I code in emacs in a virtual console and use the console ftp to upload my code.

I've never really been bothered by Gmud's color problems. I can live with wonky color occasionally.

The paste problem is a real annoyance. However GMUD does include a 'paste text file' feature- it's in the file menu. So, just open up notepad, put what you want to paste into it, save it and import it. Bingo.

Thanks, Santrilla - I tried that but I get the same thing. I'm convinced it must have something to do with win2k, especially since I never had this problem on win95/98

Well, since zombie opened this back up...;)

No one has mentioned it, so I will -- I use wintin, lots of nice features and it's free.

Given how often gmud is mentioned here - I should recommend donclient - which tries to combine the free nature of gmud with the actually being a good mud client of mushclient, zmud, etc.
Currently MSP support is in the works - with MXP to follow.

Ofcourse I wrote it, so I am a little biased, but I'd say its easily the best free mudclient I've seen.

Don't be alarmed when it automatically connects you to DoN when you first start it up - you can change the connection details in settings to your favourite mud.

I have to admit I was quite surprised to find that I was not alone. My MUDding friends lauigh at me when I tell them I use GMud.

Still a GMud user. Haven't had to change for years. I have several clients on my computer but nothing matches the simplicity of GMud for me.

Only problem I have ever had with it is trying to copy text from the screen.

I would love to get a copy of the source and an "OK" to modify it. Been wanting to add numpad directional support and more trigger button support. Love to add an additional window and MSP/MXP support.

So "Three cheers for Daniel Kelly!" from me for a useful, simple and free client.

After seeing SirTank say that Wintin.NET adds a tad more power than wintin95, I figured I would chime in with my opinion:)

The newest stable wintin has just about everything an everyday mudder could wish for(except for a mapper-which is on its way). Wintin.Net is fast and responsive. With Wintin.Net's scripts you can set up aliases and function keys to send commands quickly. You can also write scripts to respond to events automatically. Wintin.Net's script language implements all the Tintin++ commands, and introduces many new ones. It implements all the terminal display standards you will need for good communication with your mud. It works with firewall proxies, supports Mud Extension Protocol (MXP) and Mud Client Compression Protocol (MCCP). With the built-in chat client, you can communicate peer-to-peer with other Wintin, Zmud and MudMaster users. If there is something that you want and it isnt there, simply request it or if you can code simply write your own addin.

You can do everything from opening maps inside your client with html windows to clicking spells, etc to recast them. Here is a great screenshot of what can be done with wintin.NET...


The latest Beta includes the ability to have multiple sessions, 256 colour support, - C# and VB.Net scripting.

I would say that almost 50-75% of our players use this client.

Wintin.Net is free. It is open source software, published under the Gnu General Public Licence. The source code is downloadable from this site, and is available to you to review or change as you wish.

I've often wondered why people haven't helped with this software, that is obviously quite advanced, and created an ubar client that can compete with the zmuds(although many of us use wintin.net over zmud already). The opportunity is certainly there.

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