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A '''public server''' allows one to play [[NetHack]] or a [[variant]] in a shared space on the Internet where one can encounter other people's [[bones]] and see [[score]]s in the server's scorelist. You may also choose to watch someone's game that is in progress. You can access a public server by using a [[telnet]] or SSH client.
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A '''public server''' allows one to play [[NetHack]] or a [[variant]] in a shared space on the Internet where one can encounter other people's [[bones]] and see [[score]]s in the server's score list. Most [[NetHack]] servers usually also add some interface [[patch]]es and [[bug]] fixes; this list will not specify those. You may also choose to watch someone's game that is in progress.
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You can access a public server by using a [[telnet]] or SSH client, such as PuTTY on Windows (see the [[PuTTY]] page for recommended settings) or <tt>ssh</tt> (OpenSSH) on Linux, other UNIX systems, MacOS, or (under Windows) WSL. Some public servers may not accept both telnet and SSH.
  
 
== List of public servers ==
 
== List of public servers ==
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! Location
 
! Location
 
! Games
 
! Games
! Other Information
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! How to connect
 
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| http://alt.org/nethack
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| <span id="nethack.alt.org">[https://alt.org/nethack/ nethack.alt.org] ([[NAO]])</span>
| California, United States
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| Virginia, United States (Amazon us-east-1)
 
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* [[NetHack 3.4.3]] with many custom patches
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* Vanilla [[NetHack 3.6.7]] - saved games on older versions of 3.6.x will be played and finished before transitioning to 3.6.7
 
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* [[nethack.alt.org|NAO]], the most popular server.
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* [ssh://nethack@alt.org ssh nethack@alt.org]
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* [https://alt.org/nethack/hterm/ https://alt.org/nethack/hterm/] (web client)
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* [telnet://nethack.alt.org/ telnet nethack.alt.org]
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* IRC: [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nethack #nethack on libera.chat]
 
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| http://nethack.kraln.com/
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| <span id="hardfought.org">[https://www.hardfought.org/ hardfought.org] (HDF)</span>
| Washington DC, United States
 
 
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* NetHack 3.4.3
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* Virginia, United States
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* London, United Kingdom
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* Sydney, Australia
 
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* Kraln's Nethack server.
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* [[NetHack 3.4.3]], HDF version
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* [[NetHack 3.7.0]], HDF version, includes public server based enhancements
| http://sporkhack.com/
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* [[NetHack 1.3d]]
| Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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* [[GruntHack]], with bug fixes and UI enhancements
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* [[UnNetHack]]
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* [[User:FIQ/FIQhack|FIQhack]]
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* [[NetHack Fourk]]
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* [[dNetHack]]
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* [[NetHack 4]]
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* [[DynaHack]]
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* [[SporkHack]], with bug fixes and UI enhancements
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* [[xNetHack]], 3.7.x based variant
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* [[SpliceHack]], 3.7.x based variant
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* [[Slash'EM]], version 0.0.8E0F2
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* [[notdNetHack]]
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* [[EvilHack]], 3.6.x based variant
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* [[SlashTHEM]]
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* [[GnollHack]]
 
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* SporkHack
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* [ssh://nethack@hardfought.org ssh nethack@hardfought.org] (United States)
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* [ssh://nethack@eu.hardfought.org ssh nethack@eu.hardfought.org] (Europe)
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* [ssh://nethack@au.hardfought.org ssh nethack@au.hardfought.org] (Australia)
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* [https://www.hardfought.org/nethack/hterm/ https://www.hardfought.org/nethack/hterm/] (Web client, all servers)
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* IRC: [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/hardfought #hardfought on libera.chat]
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* Discord: #nethack-hardfought at https://discord.gg/dWMkgHn (irc-to-discord bridge is active)
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| <span id="feorar.org">[http://nethack.feorar.org/ feorar.org]</span>
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| Frankfurt a.M., Germany
 
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* The SporkHack home server.
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* [[NetHack]] with a custom patchset, including the [[Heck² patch]]
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| http://nh.eotl.org/
 
| Dallas, Texas, United States
 
 
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* NetHack
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* [telnet://feorar.org/ telnet feorar.org]-->
* [[Linley's Dungeon Crawl|Crawl Stone Soup]]
 
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
 
 
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| http://okul.bumpclub.ee/nethack/
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| <span id="em.slashem.me">[https://em.slashem.me/ em.slashem.me]</span>
| Estonia
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<!--[http://slashemyzdo3egkf.onion/ slashemyzdo3egkf.onion]-->
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| Falkenstein/Vogtl., Germany
 
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* NetHack
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* [[NetHack 3.6.6]]
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
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* [[Slash'EM Extended]]
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* [[SLASH'EM]] 0.0.7, 0.0.8, and 0.0.7-[[SLethe]]
| http://nethack.fi/
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* [[GruntHack]], with bug fixes and UI enhancements
| Finland
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* [[SporkHack]]
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* [[DNetHack SLEX]]
* NetHack 3.4.3 with many custom patches
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* [[notdNetHack]]
 
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* Uses the same codebase as NAO.
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* [ssh://slashem@slashem.me ssh slashem@slashem.me]
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* [https://play.slashem.me/ play.slashem.me] (web client)
| http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~nethack/  
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* IRC: [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/em.slashem.me #em.slashem.me on Libera.chat]
| Finland
 
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| ''Not currently available''
 
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| http://nethack.feorar.org/
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| <span id="guis.es">[http://guis.es/ guis.es]</span>
| Germany
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| United Kingdom
 
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* NetHack 3.4.3 with custom patches and level geometry changes
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* [[UnNetHack]]
 
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*To play, ''telnet feorar.org''
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* [telnet://guis.es/ telnet guis.es] (EU)
*level generator additions and variants for special levels
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* http://guis.es/ (web stats)
*saves dumplogs; many interesting UI enhancement patches
 
 
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| http://slashem.crash-override.net/
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| <span id="nethack.veekun.com">[http://nethack.veekun.com/ Cafe / Veekun NetHack]</span>
| Nuremberg, Germany
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| Dallas, Texas, United States
 
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* [[SLASH'EM]]
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* [[NetHack]] with a custom [[patch|patchset]]
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
 
|-
 
| http://slashem.de
 
| Germany
 
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* NetHack-De 3.4.3-20090119a
 
* SLASH'EM 0.0.8E0F1
 
 
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* ssh nethack@slashem.de
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* [ssh://nethack@nethack.veekun.com ssh nethack@nethack.veekun.com] (password "nethack" or [http://nethack.veekun.com/nethack.veekun.com.id_rsa this identity file])
** password: fed
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* IRC: [irc://irc.veekun.com/cafe #cafe on irc.veekun.com]
* telnet slashem.de
 
 
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| http://nethack.devnull.net/
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| <span id="nethack4.org">[http://nethack4.org/ nethack4.org]</span>
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
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| Bissen, Luxembourg
 
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* NetHack 3.4.3
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* [[NetHack 4]]
 
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* /dev/null NetHack server and [[:/dev/null/nethack tournament|annual tournament]]
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* [telnet://nethack4.org/ telnet nethack4.org]
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| http://nwserver.ath.cx:8080/  
 
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| NetHack SSH server, also has [[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]
 
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| http://nethack.r0x0rz.net/
 
| -
 
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| '''Offline'''
 
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| http://www.forkexec.com/html/services.html
 
| -
 
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| '''Offline''' // games.forkexec.com, telnet server with many games, including [[NetHack]], [[SLASH'EM]], Hunt, Advent, Zork
 
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| http://www.bbsgames.eu
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| [http://games.libreplanet.org/ games.libreplanet.org]
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
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| Boston, Massachusetts, United States
 
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* NetHack
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* [[NetHack]]
* SLASH'EM
 
* BBS games
 
| style="text-align: center;" | &mdash;
 
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| http://un.nethack.nu/
 
| Sweden
 
 
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* [[UnNetHack]]
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* [telnet://games.libreplanet.org/ telnet games.libreplanet.org]
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* telnet-ssl games.libreplanet.org
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* IRC: [irc://irc.freenode.net/libreplanet-gaming #libreplanet-gaming on freenode] (defunct); [irc://irc.libera.chat/libreaplanet #libreplanet on Libera] (active, but gaming subchannel has yet to be established)
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| [https://wopr.adelphos.org/ Public VMS / VAX Hack]
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| San Francisco, CA, United States
 
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* telnet un.nethack.nu
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* NetHack v3.6.0
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* Classic VMS / VAX Games
| http://un.nethack.nu/ American server
 
| America
 
 
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* [[UnNetHack]]
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* [telnet://wopr.adelphos.org/ telnet wopr.adelphos.org]
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* [https://wopr.adelphos.org/ Websocket via browser]-->
* telnet us.un.nethack.nu
 
 
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| http://nethack.veekun.com/
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| <span id="nethack-cn.com">[http://nethack-cn.com Nethack-CN]</span>
| Dallas, Texas, United States
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| Chengdu, China
 
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* NetHack 3.4.3 with many custom patches
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* [[NetHack 3.6.0]] (English)
** interface, new special rooms, et al.
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* [[Nethack 3.6.0]] (Chinese-translated version)
 
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* telnet nethack.veekun.com
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* [ssh://nethack@nethack-cn.com:2222 ssh nethack@nethack-cn.com -p2222] (password "nethack")
* ssh nethack:nethack@nethack.veekun.com (key available)
 
* IRC (+bot): [irc://irc.veekun.com/cafe #cafe on irc.veekun.com]
 
 
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| http://www.jwhitham.org.uk/tilehack/
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| <span>[https://webtiles.nethack.live NetHack Live]</span>
| New Jersey, USA
 
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* Vanilla 3.4.3 [[Tileset|with graphical tiles]]
 
 
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* [http://www.jwhitham.org.uk/tilehack/ Play in browser]. Experimental server.
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* Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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* Iowa, USA
| http://rl.heh.fi
 
| Finland
 
 
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*NetHack 3.4.3 with many interface patches
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* [[NetHack 3.6.6]] - Web-based tile play support similar to DCSS including mobile
*SporkHack 0.6.2
 
*Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.5.2
 
*Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup trunk version
 
 
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*ssh rl@rl.heh.fi (password is empty)
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* [https://nethack.live Webtiles play] (South Korea)
*telnet rl.heh.fi
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* [https://us.nethack.live Webtiles play] (United States)
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* Discord: https://discord.com/invite/mNcPSDendT
 
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| telnet://nethack.proles.net
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| [http://www.floatingeye.net floatingeye.net]
| Germany
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| Toronto, Canada
 
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*NetHack 3.4.3
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* NetHack v3.7.0 with custom patchset. Includes [https://www.reddit.com/r/nethack/comments/l5mlc6 consent] and [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/448 dog #petting].
 
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*This server is IPv6 only
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* [ssh://nethack@floatingeye.net ssh nethack@floatingeye.net]
*telnet nethack.proles.net
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| http://acehack.eu/
 
| Ireland
 
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* AceHack trunk
 
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* [ssh://games@acehack.eu ssh games@acehack.eu] (password "games", or use [http://acehack.eu/aeu_id_rsa this identity file])
 
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| http://acehack.rawrnix.com/
 
| Virginia, USA
 
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* AceHack trunk
 
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* [telnet://acehack.rawrnix.com telnet acehack.rawrnix.com]
 
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| http://nethack.eu/
 
| ?
 
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* NetHack 3.4.3
 
* Air Traffic Control
 
* Tetris
 
| telnet nethack.eu
 
 
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== Setting up your own server ==
 
== Setting up your own server ==
 
{{todo|How to setup your own server?}}
 
 
There are several ways to manage your public NetHack server, but the most common is to use [[dgamelaunch]], which manages user accounts and runs the NetHack processes in a [[chroot jail]] when a user telnets into the server.
 
There are several ways to manage your public NetHack server, but the most common is to use [[dgamelaunch]], which manages user accounts and runs the NetHack processes in a [[chroot jail]] when a user telnets into the server.
  
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For FreeBSD, there is a [http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/dgamelaunch_nethack.html work-in-progress document] describing how to set up a NetHack server with dgamelaunch, and also provides patches to make auto-login work with FreeBSD telnetd.
  
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==Archives==
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Some servers may provide access to [[archives]] of data.
  
For FreeBSD, there is a [http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/dgamelaunch_nethack.html work-in-progress document] describing how to set up a Nethack server with dgamelaunch, and also provides patches to make auto-login work with FreeBSD telnetd.
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==See also==
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*[[Private server]]
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{{noversion}}
 
[[Category:Public servers| ]]
 
[[Category:Public servers| ]]
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Facebook]] has a NetHack app.
 
* [[Private server]]
 

Latest revision as of 01:01, 27 March 2024

A public server allows one to play NetHack or a variant in a shared space on the Internet where one can encounter other people's bones and see scores in the server's score list. Most NetHack servers usually also add some interface patches and bug fixes; this list will not specify those. You may also choose to watch someone's game that is in progress.

You can access a public server by using a telnet or SSH client, such as PuTTY on Windows (see the PuTTY page for recommended settings) or ssh (OpenSSH) on Linux, other UNIX systems, MacOS, or (under Windows) WSL. Some public servers may not accept both telnet and SSH.

List of public servers

Server Location Games How to connect
nethack.alt.org (NAO) Virginia, United States (Amazon us-east-1)
  • Vanilla NetHack 3.6.7 - saved games on older versions of 3.6.x will be played and finished before transitioning to 3.6.7
hardfought.org (HDF)
  • Virginia, United States
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Sydney, Australia
em.slashem.me Falkenstein/Vogtl., Germany
guis.es United Kingdom
Cafe / Veekun NetHack Dallas, Texas, United States
nethack4.org Bissen, Luxembourg
games.libreplanet.org Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nethack-CN Chengdu, China
NetHack Live
  • Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • Iowa, USA
  • NetHack 3.6.6 - Web-based tile play support similar to DCSS including mobile
floatingeye.net Toronto, Canada

Setting up your own server

There are several ways to manage your public NetHack server, but the most common is to use dgamelaunch, which manages user accounts and runs the NetHack processes in a chroot jail when a user telnets into the server.

For FreeBSD, there is a work-in-progress document describing how to set up a NetHack server with dgamelaunch, and also provides patches to make auto-login work with FreeBSD telnetd.

Archives

Some servers may provide access to archives of data.

See also