ErisMUD is a free MUD/MOO server and engine written from scratch in Python using SQLite for data storage. ErisMUD is distributed under the GPL. It is a work-in-progress but already has many features:
- Creating/destroying/listing rooms, items, NPCs with a single command.
- Moving around in all directions.
- Importing text maps directly into the system.
- ANSI colors.
- Basic health/damage system.
- Talking using the "say" command, chatting using the "chat" command.
- Cloning items, dropping them on the floor, getting them, giving them to other players.
- Instances: a single object may be cloned multiple times and every instance is independent.
- Easily add or modify help files with a single command.
- Logging.