This list of alternative mud clients is intended for people who are either looking for a more advanced client, or for one that works better than what they currently have. For blind players, selection of the proper client can often be painful, as screen readers can be very finicky.

We tried to sort them so that the most common and useful clients were at the top of the list, but by no means do you need to descend the list in order to find what is best for you. There are many entries, so with any luck several of the clients below should work for you.

All of these clients are usable on Windows PC computers. Some of the really old ones may not work well on a modern Windows OS.

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  The Alter Aeon Custom Client
  This custom client was specifically designed for playing Alter Aeon. It has a number of features not found in other clients, including a built-in mapper, group windows, chat windows, health bars, popup status, and more! Highly recommended for new players.
  
  
• TinTin++
  Back from the dead, the popular old client TinTin++ has been brought to life as a sourceforge project and is now available for download. This client was the de-facto standard client for many years, but fell into disrepair when other clients such as CMud became common. There's also a custom Alter Aeon sound and trigger pack maintained by the player Lilmike at GitHub: Tintin-AlterAeon.
  
  
• Mudlet
  Mudlet is a cross-platform program with all of the modern bells and whistles of a modern MUD client. It provides an immersive interface and support for scripting. It is accessible for visually impaired players.
  
  
• Pueblo
  This open source client is freely available and works very well. The world list contains Alter Aeon, so just select it and you're ready to play.
  
  
• Portal
  Normally, you have to register this shareware client after 30 days, but for Alter Aeon players it's totally free. This is a very full featured client, but does not currently have good support for screen readers.
  
  
• zMud/CMud
  This is considered one of the best clients for Microsoft Windows based systems. Has autologin ability, aliases, automatic timers and triggers, overhead mapping, and most anything else you would want. It also has Alter Aeon's address in it by default, making it easy to find us and connect.
  
  
• MonkeyTerm
  MonkeyTerm is a GNU GPL'ed client that a number of Alter Aeon players use. It has support for nearly any feature, and a number of blind players use it because it's easy to script and filter. You can also obtain it from our server. We host a local mirror of the Windows executable and the GPL'ed source code.
  
  
• VIPMud is a client designed for the blind and visually impaired. We have received good reviews for this client from our blind community. You can use it for a 30 day trial period, but after the trial expires some of the features are disabled. You may want to try it if other clients are not working well for you.
  
  
• Firebolt Software
  Fire Client is a client that can be used to connect to normal muds as well as muds enhanced with the Interactive Mudding Protocol (IMP). It supports all the features you would expect in a modern mudding client.
  
  
• Windows Telnet
  For those of you who are stuck with windows telnet, you might need to turn on "local echo" and "line wrapping". You can learn some other tricks for improving the glorious windows telnet experience from our Tips and Techniques page for telnet users.
  
  

These clients are for Macintosh computers. Some of them may require a specific version of MacOS.

• The Alter Aeon Custom Client
  This custom client was specifically designed for playing Alter Aeon. It has a number of features not found in other clients, including a built-in mapper, group windows, chat windows, health bars, popup status, and more! Highly recommended for new players.
  
  
• Atlantis
  Atlantis is a modern MUD client for Mac OS users with many advanced features.
  
  
• MudWalker (MacOS X)
  This open source client is freely available for Macintosh computers.
  
  
• Savitar
  Savitar is the Premier MUD / MUSH / MOO Client for the Macintosh. It has been in development for many years and is used by MUD players world wide.
  
  

• Alter Aeon 64-Bit Launcher (based on Ubuntu 20)
  This is the official client for Linux form OS. Like the Windows and Macintosh versions, it is specifically designed for Alter Aeon and provides a host of features not found elsewhere, including background music.
  
  
• Alter Aeon 32-Bit Launcher (obsolete - based on Ubuntu 14)
  This is the 32-bit version of the official client for older versions of Linux.
  
  
• TinTin++
  TinTin++ is also an excellent choice for Linux users. The custom Alter Aeon sound and trigger pack is maintained by the player Lilmike at GitHub: Tintin-AlterAeon.
  
  
• Lyntin
  Lyntin is a MUD client written entirely in Python.
  
  
• GNOME-Mud
  This is a client for connecting to MUD's (Multi-User Dungeon), written for X-Windows using the GIMP ToolKit (GTK+) and GNOME libraries.
  
  
• noMUDde
  noMUDde is a basic MUD client written using the express.js and socket.io libraries.
  
  

• MUDRammer
  MUDRammer is a modern MUD client for iOS devices.
  
  
• Fado
  This is the client we recommend for Android users. It is slick modern client with many different features.


• Blowtorch
  Blowtorch is an older MUD client for Android users with support for aliases.