Play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text games on Mudlet.

Mudlet is a free, open-source MUD client. Fast out of the box, and rebuildable down to the last pixel with Lua.

Windows · macOS · Linux · all downloads

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The Front Page

A wide room under a banner in letters the colour of a struck match: play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text games. On a plinth in the centre, a terminal running a small MUD.

Exits: down, east, north, west

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It says what the real front page says: the games are text, the text is multiplayer, and forty years in, that is still enough.

why mudlet

Works anywhere

Windows, macOS and Linux — even Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi. Scripts written on one machine run on the next, and profiles sync however you like.

Fast & lightweight

Performance defined Mudlet from the start. A custom text display and Lua-powered scripting handle the biggest raids without dropping a frame.

100% modifiable

Every part of the interface is designed to be modded — from the space inside the window to the look and feel of the client itself.

A real mapper

2D and 3D mapping with built-in pathfinding. Walk once and Mudlet remembers — then draw custom exits or drop a background image over an area.

Free and open source

Free to download, modify and extend, under the GPL. Build on a powerful foundation and join us in making MUDing awesome.

Approachable

A friendly Discord of over 5,000 players, and a scripting API carefully designed to be simple and intuitive before it is powerful.

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What is Mudlet?

A platform for playing and enhancing text games. Mudlet gives players and creators a toolkit and broad protocol support to tailor an immersive experience.

Creators use it to add visual flair or build features into their games. Players use it to script and automate their play, or to visualise game data their own way.

It has even been used outside MUDs entirely — automating 3D games that expose in-game chat over Telnet.

What are MUDs?

A multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based, combining role-playing, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction and online chat. Players interact by typing commands that resemble natural language. Wikipedia

The kind of game you fall in love with for its stories, its raids, its politics — or just for the people.

>featuresMultiple simultaneous games·Lua scripting API·In-app script editor·Import/export profiles·Broad MUD protocol support·Secure connections·In-app IRC client·Discord Rich Presence·Accessible to visually impaired players·and more…

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Hop in

However you want to start — playing, reading, asking, or building.

Get Mudlet

Free, open source, and ready on Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Read the docs

Mudlet’s documentation lives on the Mudlet Wiki. Translations and enhancements are welcome.

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Find the others

Join the community forum or the Discord server for sharing, developing, and getting support.

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Build it with us

Mudlet’s source, issues and feature requests are on GitHub. Translations and enhancements are welcome.

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