Synchronet — Documentation

The current Synchronet documentation lives on the Synchronet Wiki — installation, configuration, networking, customization, troubleshooting, and reference material. The pages below cover developer documentation, release notes, and reference material that is still maintained as files in this docs tree.

Sysop & Operations (Wiki)

• Installation — Linux, Windows, *BSD, Docker
• Configuration — SCFG and INI files
• Access Control — security levels, flags, exemptions, ARS
• Networking — FidoNet, QWKnet, DOVE-Net
• Utilities — SCFG, smbutil, chksmb, slog, and more
• How-To Guides
• Frequently Asked Questions — including TCP/IP
• Support
• Glossary

Developer Documentation

• Baja — the Synchronet Command Shell and Loadable Module Compiler
• JavaScript — the Synchronet JavaScript environment
• JavaScript Object Model — reference for Synchronet's JS objects, methods, and properties
• Synchronet Message Base (SMB) — on-disk format (see also local smb.html)
• Baja v2 changes
• Source Code — building from source, repository structure
• Git Commit Log

Release Notes

• v3.21 (current)
• v3.20
• v3.19 · v3.18 · v3.17
• v3.14 · v3.13 · v3.12 · v3.11 · v3.10 · v3.00
• Version Number History — release dates and change summaries (formerly versions.hst)
• v2 Development History — detailed v2 change log (formerly sbbs.hst)

Servers, Services & Add-Ons

• IRC Daemon
• SEXPOTS — Synchronet External Plain Old Telephone System (TCP/IP ↔ modem)
• SEXYZ — Xmodem/Ymodem/Zmodem protocol driver
• Kermit File Transfer Protocol configuration
• QWK Networking
• DOVE-Net — Synchronet's native message network
• FSEditor — full-screen message editor
• SlyEdit
• Linux DOSemu · DOSemu2

User Documentation

• User Manual — how to use the default (Classic) command shell
• Public BBS List — daily-updated directory of Synchronet BBSes

Reference

• Supported Platforms — version/platform matrix
• Copyright Notice · GPL · LGPL
• Contributors