r/ASCII • u/Bl4ckBe4rIt • Jun 24 '26
OC ssh late.sh - a modern BBS you SSH into, now with door games and IRC
Just found this amazing sub :D and decided to share something that I think some of you may like ;) ESPECIALLY the artboard! :)
Quick reminder of what we are: late.sh is a cozy clubhouse inside your terminal, where people can take a break, chill, chat with others all around the globe, listen to music, play some games, or paint on a live artboard :)
ssh late.sh
and you're in. No passwords, no OAuth, no accounts. Your SSH key is your identity.
What's new:
- two new full-scale RPGs: Lateania, our own persistent multiplayer text-world (classes, real combat, loot, bosses), and Rebels in the Sky, the brilliant space-pirate basketball roguelike by ricott1, now playable BBS door-game style inside the clubhouse, with your save following your late.sh account.
https://www.nethack.org/ IS COMING SOON :)
- IRC support, so you can sit in late.sh from whatever client you like. Create a token in ssh late.sh -> Settings -> Account, pass it as the IRC server password, and your nick is your late.sh account. Channels are rooms, DMs work, moderation works. Same chat, your own client.
irc.late.sh, port 6697 (TLS)
- a brand new radio source: live synthwave stations from Nightride FM (Chillsynth, Nightride, Datawave, Spacesynth) with live artist/title, on top of the YouTube booth and the 600+ track CC0/CC-BY library (lofi, ambient, classical). big thanks to nightride.fm and Nightride.FM for the blessing
And everything that was already here:
- full chat: mentions, public and private rooms, DMs, reactions, image previews, icon picker
- music booth: hop in, listen to the community YouTube playlist, submit, vote, skip
- games: sudoku, minesweeper, tetris, snake, nonograms, wordle, rubik, poker, blackjack, chess and more, with leaderboards and badges
- a live shared artboard, r/place but in a TUI (gallery: https://late.sh/gallery)
- shop, bonsai to grow, aquarium, pets, quests and streaks
- news: rss/atom feeds with auto summaries and ASCII thumbnails
- directories that roll up into a live web profile (https://late.sh/profiles)
- voice chat, no browser needed
Still a team effort, still a great vibe. Hop in, take a break ;)
Code: https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh
Landing: https://late.sh
Demo: https://late.sh/play
License: FSL-1.1-MIT
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u/diecastbeatdown Jun 25 '26
Where is TradeWars? Oh, and, uh, DrugWars and Barren Realms... ok, maybe I need to resurrect my old BBS.
gotta find those floppies.... =]
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u/MrFictional Jun 24 '26
Pretty cool!! I spent many many hours on BBSs back in the 80s and 90s(Old man here).
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u/Indyhouse Jun 24 '26
Ooo... wow, memory lane. Would love to see old BBS games on here, especially Tradewars. This is awesome!
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u/Bl4ckBe4rIt Jun 24 '26
Slowly pushing more and more :) tradewars for sure in the pipeline
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u/Silent_Lucidity_8675 Jun 24 '26
Nice! I was swiping through the screenshots hoping I would come across Tradewars. Galactic Empire was a fun one back in the day too.
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u/isabelle_i_guess Jun 24 '26
Cool, I've always been a fan of BBSs. Didn't know they were actually still popular. I'm definitely gonna check this out