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Clients

2026-04-07T06:25:16Z

FogWraith: add kdx

Hotline clients allow for a connection between the user and the server. They essentially provide the user with an experience, allowing them to view files and folders on the server, read the news BBS, chat and communicate with the community.

Because Hotline was originally intended as a chatting P2P client, most people focused on one or the other. Hotline is a good place to find files, however it also houses a fairly large chat community, and allows you to communicate with other users. Since Hotline came prior to Facebook, BitTorrent, and Gnutella, it truely was remarkable for its time. It still exists, and you can feel free to download one of the clients below and see for yourself. :)

== Downloads ==

^^ - Indicates current website no longer allows download, Need new files for download (Email them to bnetcc@gmail.com and I can host for free)

==Currently under development==

Many Hotline users have decided over time to develop their own clients, serving particular purposes that are not available in other clients or featuring a personalized user interface.

These are the clients that are being actively developed by the Hotline community:

[https://github.com/dubsdotla/decline/ Decline] - Obj-C for modern macOS with / commands to handle a lot. This is early stages but looking promising!

[http://agora.vespernet.net/ Hermes] - Another modern Hotline client in the early stages of development.

[https://github.com/mierau/hotline/releases/ Hotline (SwiftUI)] - Modern Hotline client built in SwiftUI, for macOS 14.2.1 and up. [https://github.com/mierau/hotline/blob/main/README.md Readme] can be found on Github.

[https://github.com/fuzzywalrus/hotline Hotline Navigator] - Works with OSX, Windows, and Linux. Pretty nice based on the Swift version of Hotline for OSX.

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hotstuff HotStuff] - Hotline client for System Software 7.1, up to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". (active development from System7Today community Leader Knezzen)

[https://github.com/jhalter/mobius/releases Mobius], open source, written in Go! this offers a command line client that works in all OS (Guides for Mac OS using Homebrew or Linux are present in [https://github.com/jhalter/mobius/blob/335f5eb5851db549f7654852296a48b2137f248f/README.md Readme])

[https://github.com/tjohnman/Obsession/releases Obsession], open source and written in Qt, for Windows, Linux and macOS users. Find the [https://github.com/tjohnman/Obsession/blob/qt4/README.md Readme] for support of macOS and Linux.

==All other Clients==

=== Official Clients ===

Hotline Connect Client - v1.9.2 ([https://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline-Client-1.9.2-Carbon.sit Carbon]), v1.2.3 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Client-1.2.3_68k.hqx Classic 68k], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Client-1.2.3_PPC.hqx Classic PPC], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Client-1.2.3_win.zip Windows])

=== Derivatives (Openline) ===

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/gloarbline-197 GLoarbLine 1.9.7 (Mac OS 8.5 - 10.5.8, Windows)] adds extra account permissions and blowfish encryption for servers that support it

[http://www.hyperspasm.com/underline/ Underline (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X PPC, Windows)] primarily adds optional blowfish to encrypt connections with servers that support it

=== Third Party (Hotline) ===
[http://ubersoft.org/pitbullpro/ Pitbull Pro 5 (Windows)], Remake of the Original Mac version, coded by UberFoX. It can handle files over 4 GB when connected to server that handles it such as Pitbull Server (also made by UberFoX and available from the Servers pager on wiki) also Pitbull features 256bit-AES with 4096-BIT RSA encryption. (Modern and works on more modern Windows OS

[https://aniclient.sourceforge.net/ AniClient (Windows)]

[https://github.com/jwheare/hotline Erlang Hotline client with web UI]

[http://fidelio.sourceforge.net/ Fidelio (Linux)]

[https://code.google.com/archive/p/filetalk/source/default/source FileTalk (Ruby)] (Source code is available, but binaries aren't)

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/frogblast Frogblast (Mac OS X PPC)]

[http://gtkhx.sourceforge.net GtkHx (Linux)]

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/heidrun Heidrun (Mac OS X PPC)]

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/htlx HTLx (Mac OS 68k / PPC)]

[https://github.com/Schala/mhxd mhx (Unix)] archival source mirror

Nostalgia (Mac OS X) -- Epo told me to take my old link down, but you can grab this client on MANY Hotline servers including hltracker.com. Since Epo has passed... I want to make sure people can still enjoy his work. While he constantly talked down about his client, it is still the best client native for Mac OS X. Rest in peace Epo... ~LostArch

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/panorama-0 Panorama (Mac OS X PPC)]

[https://pharerouge.sourceforge.net/en/index.html PhareRouge (Java)]

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/ripcord Ripcord (Mac OS 8 - 10.5.8)]

[http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013465/silverwing-beos/ SilverWing (BeOS x86/PPC)]

[http://capnhack.com/XCCpr2.5b.zip XCC pr2.5b], Direct Download. Test version, please report any bugs. XCC is (for now) a Mac OS X client aimed at end users and server admins. This beta version includes full AppleScript support, allowing the client to be used as a customised bot.(Edited download link to Tagban's host to avoid overloading servers of the developer).

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/zombie Zombie (Carbonized Mac OS / Mac OS X)]

=== Third Party (non-Hotline) ===

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/carracho Carracho (Mac OS X PPC)]

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/kdx KDX (Mac OS 9 - Mac OS X PPC, Linux, Windows)]

[https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/wired Wired (Mac OS X PPC)]

Clients

2026-04-07T06:21:17Z

FogWraith: order by letters, add hermes

Trackers

2026-04-05T19:49:03Z

FogWraith: /* Tracker Software */

Trackers are applications that register and list servers so that they can be found by Hotline clients.
==Active Trackers==

'''Private Trackers''': ''(These require a password to have your server listed in them, but are visible and usable from any Hotline client)''
*As of right now, no private trackers exist anymore.
'''Public Trackers''':'' (Add these to your sever to allow it to be found by clients)''
*hltracker.com - Default tracker for most clients powered by stickytack
*hotline.duckdns.org
*hotline.ubersoft.org
*tracked.nailbat.com
*tracker.preterhuman.net
*tracker.vespernet.net - Dev of Tracker v3.0

==Tracker Software==

'''Official'''
*Hotline Tracker - v1.1 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.168K.sit.hqx Mac Classic 68k], [http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.1PPC.sit.hqx Mac Classic PPC]), v1.0 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.0.zip Windows])

'''Clones'''
*[http://agora.vespernet.net Argus] - Modern multiplatform tracker with full tracker protocol v1, v2 support, with an experimental protocol v3 in the works
*[http://codebox.org.uk/pages/hltracker Codebox HLTracker (Windows)]
*[http://preterhuman.net/download/mhxd-0.4.10.tar.bz2 hxtrackd (Unix)]
*[https://github.com/benabernathy/magnetron/releases Magnetron (Active Development - Modern OS's)]
*[http://hotline.ubersoft.org/pitbulltracker/ Pitbull Tracker]
*[http://synhxd.sourceforge.net shxtrackd (Unix)]

Servers

2026-04-05T19:48:08Z

FogWraith: /* Server Software */

==Server Software==

'''Official'''

*Hotline Connect Server - v1.2.3 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineServer1.2.368K.sit.hqx Mac Classic 68k], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Server-1.2.3_PPC.hqx Mac Classic PPC], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Server-1.2.3_win.zip Windows])
*Hotline FTP Server ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineFTPServ1.0PPC.sit.hqx Mac Classic PPC], [http://preterhuman.net/download/FTPServPC.zip Windows])

'''Derivatives'''

*GLoarbLine Server (Mac OS X PPC and Carbon, Windows)

'''Third party'''

*[http://agora.vespernet.net Janus] - Multiplatform command line server
*Javaline Server (Multiplatform Mac, WIndows, Unix) made in Java can be downloaded from the UberSoft hotline server at hotline.ubersoft.org (requires JRE 8+) the link is to the source code and compiled java bin since the Source Code to Javaline was released March 2021 if anybody wants to take over it make sure to head over to the official Pitbull Pro development server so you can add compatibility and what not with Pitbull Pro (if you so wish to)
*[http://preterhuman.net/download/mhxd-0.4.10.tar.bz2 mhxd (Unix) (0.4.10 tarball)] [https://github.com/Schala/mhxd (0.4.11 repo)]
*[http://github.com/jhalter/mobius Mobius] - Multiplatform command line server and client implemented in Golang
*[https://bitbucket.org/avaraline/phxd phxd (Python)] - Python 2.x compatible ONLY - Docker Supported
*[http://code.google.com/p/phxd/ phxd (Unix)]
*[http://ubersoft.org/pitbullserver/ Pitbull Server] - (Windows)
*[https://github.com/DaCodeChick/rhxd rhxd] Multiplatform (Mac, Windows, Unix) server and tracker written in Rust for safe concurrency and memory safety using Tokio for asynchronous networking. Aims to support as much of the official and third party extensions to Hotline as possible. Very early development. NOTE: Vibe coded (AI used in development)

Trackers

2026-03-26T08:52:02Z

FogWraith: /* Tracker Software */

Trackers are applications that register and list servers so that they can be found by Hotline clients.
==Active Trackers==

'''Private Trackers''': ''(These require a password to have your server listed in them, but are visible and usable from any Hotline client)''
*As of right now, no private trackers exist anymore.
'''Public Trackers''':'' (Add these to your sever to allow it to be found by clients)''
*hltracker.com - The main/original tracker, now hosted by the users - No pass required anymore!
*badmoon.biz
*hotline.duckdns.org
*hotline.jpn.ph
*hotline.ubersoft.org (The official tracker hosted and used by the developers of Pitbull/JavaLine client/server/tracker software)
*nederland.serverthuis.nl - Open tracker for every body
*redlightdistrict.dyndns.org
*tracked.agent79.org
*tracked.ath.cx
*tracked.nailbat.com
*tracker.preterhuman.net

==Tracker Software==

'''Official'''
*Hotline Tracker - v1.1 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.168K.sit.hqx Mac Classic 68k], [http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.1PPC.sit.hqx Mac Classic PPC]), v1.0 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineTracker1.0.zip Windows])

'''Clones'''
*Argus - Modern multiplatform tracker with full tracker protocol v1 support, with an experimental protocol v3 in the works
*[http://codebox.org.uk/pages/hltracker Codebox HLTracker (Windows)]
*[http://preterhuman.net/download/mhxd-0.4.10.tar.bz2 hxtrackd (Unix)]
*[https://github.com/benabernathy/magnetron/releases Magnetron (Active Development - Modern OS's)]
*[http://hotline.ubersoft.org/pitbulltracker/ Pitbull Tracker]
*[http://synhxd.sourceforge.net shxtrackd (Unix)]

Servers

2026-03-26T08:47:32Z

FogWraith: /* Server Software */

==Server Software==

'''Official'''

*Hotline Connect Server - v1.2.3 ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineServer1.2.368K.sit.hqx Mac Classic 68k], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Server-1.2.3_PPC.hqx Mac Classic PPC], [http://preterhuman.net/download/Hotline_Server-1.2.3_win.zip Windows])
*Hotline FTP Server ([http://preterhuman.net/download/HotlineFTPServ1.0PPC.sit.hqx Mac Classic PPC], [http://preterhuman.net/download/FTPServPC.zip Windows])

'''Derivatives'''

*GLoarbLine Server (Mac OS X PPC and Carbon, Windows)

'''Third party'''

*Janus - Multiplatform command line server
*Javaline Server (Multiplatform Mac, WIndows, Unix) made in Java can be downloaded from the UberSoft hotline server at hotline.ubersoft.org (requires JRE 8+) the link is to the source code and compiled java bin since the Source Code to Javaline was released March 2021 if anybody wants to take over it make sure to head over to the official Pitbull Pro development server so you can add compatibility and what not with Pitbull Pro (if you so wish to)
*[http://preterhuman.net/download/mhxd-0.4.10.tar.bz2 mhxd (Unix) (0.4.10 tarball)] [https://github.com/Schala/mhxd (0.4.11 repo)]
*[http://github.com/jhalter/mobius Mobius] - Multiplatform command line server and client implemented in Golang
*[https://bitbucket.org/avaraline/phxd phxd (Python)] - Python 2.x compatible ONLY - Docker Supported
*[http://code.google.com/p/phxd/ phxd (Unix)]
*[http://ubersoft.org/pitbullserver/ Pitbull Server] - (Windows)
*[https://github.com/DaCodeChick/rhxd rhxd] Multiplatform (Mac, Windows, Unix) server and tracker written in Rust for safe concurrency and memory safety using Tokio for asynchronous networking. Aims to support as much of the official and third party extensions to Hotline as possible. Very early development. NOTE: Vibe coded (AI used in development)