Comparison of MUD codebases

General

	Platform	License	Family	Genre	Release Year	Last Update
CoffeeMUD	Any	Apache 2.0	Custom	Fantasy	2001	2012
DikuMUD	Linux	Proprietary non commercial	DikuMUD	Fantasy	1991	1991
Lola	Linux	Proprietary non commercial	DikuMUD	Fantasy	2009	2009
Murk++	Windows	Proprietary non commercial	DikuMUD	Fantasy	2006	2007
TeensyMUD	Windows	open source compatible	Custom	None	2005	2007

Programming language

	C	C++	C#	Java	Custom	Lua	Perl	Python	Ruby
CoffeeMUD	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
DikuMUD	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lola	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Murk++	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TeensyMUD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Scripting support

	C	C++	C#	Custom	Lua	Perl	Python	Ruby	JavaScript
CoffeeMUD	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
DikuMUD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lola	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Murk++	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
TeensyMUD	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

Protocol support

	ANSI color	VT100	SSL	NAWS	EOR	ECHO	MCCP	MSP	MSSP	MXP	256 colors	InterMUD
CoffeeMUD	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	I3 & IMC2
DikuMUD	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	None
Lola	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	None
Murk++	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	None
TeensyMUD	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	None

Features

	Copyover	Crafting	Dungeons	Dynamic Descriptions	Editor	Instancing	Mapper	Noteboard	OLC	Player Organizations	Questing	Wilderness
CoffeeMUD	NA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DikuMUD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Lola	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Murk++	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No