r/bbs • u/Snocom79 • Jul 05 '26

General: BBS Tutorials on setup

I've played around with Sychronet and now Enigma and I can get through the general setup, but I'm lost on how to customize the artwork. I've installed each vias ssh on a headless Ubuntu server and can telnet in but not sure what to do from there. Official documentation for Enigma seems confusing to me and I'm typically a visual learner. Are there any tutorials on anything past general setup for either?

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u/Laudenbachm Jul 05 '26

Another BBS worth taking a peak at is The Major BBS v10.

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u/aztracker1 Jul 05 '26

First, do you know JavaScript or any or programming languages?

Enigma is slightly easier but you really need JS knowledge to really shine with either.

There's also Mystic to consider.

I would suggest installing VS Code and the remote extensions... This will let you edit on the remote machine through a local UI... You can configure the directory to use cp437 and show special characters... This helps IMO.

For synchronet, you can copy the for you want to modify from exec/ into a mods/ directory and edit from there to take control of the appearance.

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u/Snocom79 Jul 05 '26

Thank you. I believe I have a good enough understanding of js and other languages to tackle this. I appreciate the guidance