LambdaMOO uses the Telnet protocol but modern operating systems don’t tend to include a Telnet client by default. Using a dedicated MOO client offers a much better experience, so we’ll concentrate on finding and installing one of those instead.
GNU/Linux
GnomeMUD is a MOO client for GNU/Linux. It is usually available through your package manager as gnome-mud.
Use the following World Settings for LambdaMOO:
Host: lambda.moo.mud.org
Port: 8888
Logon: connect Guest
or, once you register a character
Logon: connect CHARACTER PASSWORD
Replace “CHARACTER” with the name of your character, and “PASSWORD” with your password.
Windows
Pueblo is a MOO client for Windows. You can download it here.
Use the following World Settings for LambdaMOO:
Host: lambda.moo.mud.org
Port: 8888
Username: Guest
Leave the password blank.
or, once you register a character
Username: CHARACTER
Password: PASSWORD
Replace “CHARACTER” with the name of your character, and “PASSWORD” with your password.
Mac OS X
Savitar is a MOO client for Mac OS X. You can download it here.
Use the following World Settings for LambdaMOO:
Host Name: lambda.moo.mud.org
Host Port: 8888
Issue these commands at startup: connect Guest
or, once you register a character
Issue these commands at startup: connect CHARACTER PASSWORD
Replace “CHARACTER” with the name of your character, and “PASSWORD” with your password.
Cross-Platform GUI client
Mudlet is a graphical user interface MOO client that is available for GNU/Linux, MacOS X and Windows. You can download it here.
Use the following Connect settings for LambdaMOO:
Server Address: lambda.moo.mud.org
Port: 8888
Then click the connect button and once the welcome message from LambdaMOO finishes printing type :
connect Guest
or, once you register a character:
connect CHARACTER PASSWORD
Replace “CHARACTER” with the name of your character, and “PASSWORD” with your password.
Cross-Platform Command Line Client
TinyFugue 5 is a command-line MOO client that runs on MacOS X and Windows as well as on UNIX platforms such as GNU/Linux. It is usually available through your package manager as “tf5”.
TinyFugue uses a command-line terminal window, so open a terminal and type:
tf5
then when TinyFugue has loaded, type:
/connect lambda.moo.mud.org 8888
and once the welcome message from LambdaMOO finishes printing, type :
connect Guest
or, once you register a character:
connect CHARACTER PASSWORD
Replace “CHARACTER” with the name of your character, and “PASSWORD” with your password.