Web Access

The web interface is the most feature-complete way to use ANetBBS.

URL

https://bbs.a-net.fyi/ for this site. Replace with your BBS's URL.

What works on the web

Almost everything: messages, echomail, files, doors (web doors and
rlogin-style remote), RSS reader, chat (Socket.IO-powered), profile,
themes, wiki, gallery.

Web-only features include:

• The Sysop Control Panel
• The Web Terminal — a real xterm.js terminal in your browser
  that talks to the local telnet listener, so you get the ANSI menus
  without installing a telnet client
• Theme selection preview

What doesn't

A few things only exist on the terminal side, mostly because they
exercise CP437 / ANSI directly:

• The classic ANSI menu painter
• Raw Doors that need a fake serial port (these still work, but
  through the Web Terminal rather than as native web doors)

Sign-in

/login for password sign-in. The session cookie is HTTPS-only and
SameSite=Lax. CSRF protection is enforced on every POST — visible
as a hidden csrf_token input on every form.

Mobile

The default theme is mobile-responsive. Bootstrap 5 underneath; the
navbar collapses into a hamburger on small screens. Chat and the
web terminal both work on phones.

Real-time

Several pages use Socket.IO for live updates:

• Chat
• Web Terminal
• Sysop broadcasts (toast on every page)
• New-message notifications (badge in the top-right)