Statistics

Data collected 2026-02-09

  • BBSes responding: 1042

  • Unique protocol fingerprints: 78

  • BBS software detected: 549 (14 unique packages)

These statistics reflect the most recent scan of all servers in the bbslist.txt input list. Each server is probed using telnetlib3, which connects to each address, performs Telnet option negotiation, and captures the login banner.

The charts below summarize data from all responding servers.

BBS Software

Pie chart showing the distribution of detected BBS software packages across all responding servers.

BBS software detected from login banners.

Encoding Distribution

Pie chart showing the distribution of character encodings across all servers.

Character encoding distribution (default: CP437).

Telnet Option Negotiation

Grouped bar chart comparing how many servers offer versus request each Telnet option during negotiation.

Telnet options offered vs requested by servers during negotiation.