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Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• tt++

Projektgeschichte

The official manual describes TinTin++ as a client program specialized for playing MUDs and as a souped-up version of TINTIN III. It credits Peter Unold, author of TINTIN III, as the base of TinTin++, while the current source credits Peter Unold's 1992 code and Igor van den Hoven's 2004 recode.

The modern project is maintained as a GPLv3+ codebase with regular releases on GitHub. Official release metadata inspected for this batch shows ongoing 2.02.x releases through TinTin++ 2.02.61 in January 2026.

Adoptionsgeschichte

TinTin++ has survived because MUD clients reward scriptability, triggers, aliases, macros, mapping, history, logging, and terminal control. The official manual is essentially a command encyclopedia, which fits a user culture where players carry personal scripts between servers and sessions.

The supplied package-manager facts show TinTin++ packaged in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu as tintin++, Fedora/dnf, Alpine, and Nix. That is the footprint of a niche gaming CLI that is not mainstream but is stable enough to be worth keeping in general-purpose package collections.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users start tt++ directly or pass a command file that opens a MUD session, logs in, configures split mode, and installs triggers or actions. The manual documents commands for aliases, actions, variables, history, macros, pathing, automapping, logging, scripting, SSL, and multiple sessions.

For package nerds, TinTin++ is interesting because its packaging value is mostly cultural continuity: it gives shell users a maintained MUD client without needing a graphical client, language runtime package, or per-game launcher.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

TinTin++ is a reminder that package repositories are not only for servers and compilers. They also carry small communities' tools: terminal game clients, automation-heavy interactive programs, and long-lived command languages.

Its executable name, tt++, and its broad command vocabulary make it a classic Unix oddity: compact to install, deep to learn, and still actively released decades after its ancestor.

Zeitleiste

• 1992: The current source credits Peter Unold's original TINTIN code.
• 2004: The current source credits Igor van den Hoven's recode.
• 2021: GitHub release history includes the 2.02.12 release line.
• 2026: GitHub release history shows TinTin++ 2.02.61 published on January 29.

Related projects

• TINTIN III is the direct ancestor named in the official manual.
• MUD servers and protocols such as MSDP and GMCP are part of the ecosystem TinTin++ automates.
• Other MUD clients occupy the same niche, but TinTin++ is notable for being terminal-first and script-heavy.

Quellen

• https://github.com/scandum/tintin source and release metadata: 1992/2004 source credits and active releases.
• https://mudhalla.net/tintin/manual/: official manual index, project description, TINTIN III credit, command set.
• source_facts.package-manager: package availability across package managers.