MUD trees

A MUD tree or multi-user dungeon tree is a hierarchical display of derived code from source code packages.

The following is an example of the DikuMUD family tree:

(Used with permission from Derek Snider).

   ____________________________________DikuMUD_________________________ 
  |         |         |         |         |         |         |        |
Vie1      Silly    Pirate    Circle1   Diku_II   Sequent   Techno   Crimson
  |         |                   |                   |   
Vie2     DaleMUD        ______Circle2______       Copper1 
  |                   |         |         |         |
Vie3             Archipelago Circle3  LostLands   Copper2 ____________
  |                                                 |               |
Vie4                             _________________Merc1_______   Copper3 
  |                             |                   |         |
Vie5                         Rom1.0                  |        Vego 
                                :_________________Merc2________________
                                |         |         |         |        |
          ___________________Rom2.3    TheIsles     Envy1      SMAUG      ACK
         |         |            |      (NiMUD)      |
      Sunder    EmberMUD    ___Rom2.4 ___           _Envy2 _
                         |      |     |         |       |
                     Anatolia Wurm Oblivion  Mythran    EOS

See also

• Dikumud

External links

• Dikumud Family Tree for more information on MUDs, including research papers, publishings, and the source code itself.
• Another version of the Dikumud Family Tree from the official DikuMUD site.
• An academic essay describing not only the DikuMUD family tree, but also trees of some other MUD codebases such as LP, TinyMUD, AberMUD, etc.
• Another version of the mud family tree.