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This is a summary of currently-availableMudOS libs whose installation difficulty level ranges from "easy-ish" to "moderate". The point of this page is to provide a convenient reference to those interested in trying them out. These downloads are libs bundled with the driver (with permission of the authors where required) for your convenience.

Non-MudOS libs have a section below.

Note about licensing: Each of these libs comes with its own licensing information. Do notassume they are public domain, or GPL, or whatever.

Note about intermud: Most of these libs are designed or preconfigured to connect to the intermud router. Please read the router info and rules if you plan on making use of that communication medium. Also, note this FAQ entryon intermud security.

Dead Souls 3Comments: Easy to use, polished, and popular.Advantages: Works very well right out of the box, thoroughly documented. UNIX and Windows version in the same download.Disadvantages: Uses the complex verb system. Function names are different from older libs.Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/deadsouls/ds3.8.2.zip(Bleeding edge "alpha" development versions are available, but they are only for the adventurous. You can look here for them.)
TMI-2Comments: Rarely used, except by old-timers. Newly revamped and includes experimental Windows executable.Advantages: It's a solid lib, built by competent coders dedicated to excellence.Disadvantages: It's showing its age. Lacks an advanced parser. Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/tmi2_fluffos_v3.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
SkylibComments: Seems nice enough. v3 is Skylib 1.8 on FluffOS. Windows executable also included.Advantages: Should feel familiar to Discworld types.Disadvantages: see aboveDownload/Homepage: http://dead-souls.net/files/skylib_fluffos_v3.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
LimaComments: Easy to use, polished, and popular. Also work on Windows.Advantages: Works well when patched. Designed by experts to be extremely advanced.Disadvantages: Not currently maintained. Not compatible with add_actions. Perhaps too advanced for beginners.Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/lima_fluffos_v1.zip
MerenthaComments: Based on the popular Nightmare 3 lib. Windows executable also included.Advantages: Has the "Nightmare feel" and robustness without the complications of verbs or weird lfun names.Disadvantages: Limited intermud, and little available support.Download/Homepage: http://dead-souls.net/files/merentha_fluffos_v2.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
DiscworldComments: Well liked, but rarely used. Newly updated with FluffOS 2.9 and Windows driver.Advantages: The grotesquely popular Discworld MUD uses a variation of this lib, so it must have something going for it.Disadvantages: Few adopters. Limited support.Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/discworld/dw_fluffos_v3.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
Final RealmsComments: Interesting. Based on Discworld. Newly updated with FluffOS 2.9 and Windows driver.Advantages: Lots and lots and lots and lots of example. Also, lots of examples.Disadvantages: Peculiar and idiosyncratic. Fixer-upper.Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/final_realms_fluffos_v1.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
Dead Souls IComments: Dead Souls I is nearly identical to Nightmare IV except the docs are missing.Advantages: Public domain, so lib licensing is no worry. Simpler than DS2. Disadvantages: See "Dead Souls 2" above. DS1 may contain some bugs that are fixed in DS2.Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/deadsouls/dsI.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
LPUniversity MudlibComments: Not ready for play. Newly updated with FluffOS. Windows driver also included.Advantages: Provides a chance to build a lib from the ground up without having to deal much with the driver. Disadvantages: No longer developed. Fixer-upper.Download/Homepage: http://dead-souls.net/files/lpuni_fluffos_v1.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
NightmareComments: An influential early lib family. Newly revamped: Unix and Windows driver included together.Advantages: Heavily documented and widely known.Disadvantages: NM3 is woefully outdated. NM IV is less so, but still long in the tooth.Nightmare 3 Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/nightmare3_fluffos_v2.zipNightmare IV Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/nightmare4_fluffos_v1.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
LilComments: This is a fixed up version of the MudOS "testsuite" lib with MudOS docs added. Unix source and Windows executable included.Advantages: Clean as a whistle. You can log in and use a few commands, but otherwise it's bare metal so you can code from the ground up.Disadvantages: This is about as bare bones as it gets without coding 100% from scratch. You really need to know what you're doing. No intermud. For the seriously leet only!Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/lil_0.3.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)
FoundationComments: This is a stripped-down version of Nightmare. Unix source and Windows executable included.Advantages: No combat, or limbs, etc. This is good for people who like NM or DS but feel it is too cluttered.Disadvantages: It's much more accessible than Lil, but it is not at all for LPC beginners. Not even close. Experts only!Foundation I Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/foundation/foundation1_fluffos_v1.zipFoundation II Download: http://dead-souls.net/files/foundation/foundation2_fluffos_v1.zip(Note: this lib and included driver source have been modified to compile and run on modern unix)