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Veilrunner

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Veilrunner 1.0.2 (build 99) · macOS 15.0 or later · Apple silicon · Mac App Store · In review with Apple

Overview

Step back into the worlds that started it all. Veilrunner is a fast, good-looking MUD client built for the Mac. MUDs are the text-based online worlds that have been running for decades. Veilrunner is written in Swift and SwiftUI and runs in the App Sandbox. It works fully with VoiceOver. It gives you TinTin++-style scripting, tabs for several characters, encrypted connections and compression, and a full built-in help system. An optional automapper, Map — Early Access, draws the world as you walk.

▶ Veilrunner promo with narration · about 1½ minutes, sound on, captions included. Demo world “Emberfall (demo)”.

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Title card

  • 00:00Step back into the worlds that started it all.
  • 00:03This is Veilrunner: a MUD client made for the Mac.

Native for Mac

  • 00:07Veilrunner is truly native.
  • 00:09Written in Swift and SwiftUI, and built in Xcode with Apple's own tools, it's fast and right at home on macOS.
  • 00:16It fully supports VoiceOver, and can speak new text as it arrives.

Scripting

  • 00:21Aliases take arguments, and triggers react to whatever the game sends.
  • 00:26Highlights colour the lines that matter, and #gag hides the ones that don't.

History, split view, timers

  • 00:31Type a few letters and the up arrow finds matching commands; Control-R searches your history.
  • 00:37#split pins the live action below while you scroll back above.
  • 00:41And #delay runs any command after a wait.

Tabs and connections

  • 00:45Open a tab for every character, and bring them all online with Connect All.
  • 00:50There's TLS, a GMCP vitals bar, a chat window, and chat and session logs.

Built-in help, backup

  • 00:56Help is built in, with a page and examples for every command.
  • 01:00And Back Up Everything saves your whole setup in one file, never your passwords.

Map — Early Access

  • 01:06Want a map? Map — Early Access is an optional add-on, an additional in-app purchase.
  • 01:12It draws the world as you walk, finds a route, and speedwalks you there.
  • 01:16It's fully usable today, and early supporters keep it as it grows.

End card

  • 01:21Veilrunner. Coming soon to the Mac App Store.
  • 01:24Learn more at pwr.industries.

Mac App Store

Mac App Store · In review with Apple

Veilrunner 1.0.2 is in review with Apple for the Mac App Store. This page will link to it as soon as it’s available. It needs macOS 15.0 or later.

An iOS version for iPhone and iPad is in the works. The map will not be included on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

6 shots

Dark mode, demo data only. Click any screenshot to view it full size.

A connected session. The kr alias expands to kill rat, the "is DEAD!" trigger highlights the line in yellow and sends get all corpse, then a gossip line and a tell in magenta. The vitals bar shows HP, mana and moves. The Triggers editor is on the right.
Script your adventures: aliases, triggers and highlightsA connected session.
#split: older scrollback on top, 15 live lines pinned below. The Triggers panel is open.
Split view: read back while the action keeps flowing#split: older scrollback on top, 15 live lines pinned below.
The Inspector's Aliases tab (gac, kr, hh, ee, tm, heal), with on/off switches, Edit and delete.
Aliases with arguments, edited in the InspectorThe Inspector's Aliases tab (gac, kr, hh, ee, tm, heal), with on/off switches, Edit and delete.
The automapper after walking the 14-room demo town, with a gold #path route to Old Harbor previewed (2s). The mapper toolbar is visible.
Map — Early Access: automap, find and speedwalkThe automapper after walking the 14-room demo town, with a gold #path route to Old Harbor previewed (2s).
The Settings window: Connection (auto-reconnect, MCCP), Terminal type, and Colors (theme and ANSI colors).
Make it yours: themes, colors and connection optionsThe Settings window: Connection (auto-reconnect, MCCP), Terminal type, and Colors (theme and ANSI colors).
The Help window, with the topic list and the Veilrunner Help overview.
Help for every command, built inThe Help window, with the topic list and the Veilrunner Help overview.

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Features

Start playing in seconds

  • Welcome screen. On first launch, a short tour covers tabs, aliases and triggers, the map and VoiceOver. It also shows whether VoiceOver is on. You can reopen it any time from Help › Welcome to Veilrunner….
  • Eleven starter MUDs. File › Starter MUDs… lists well-known worlds, each with its genre, a short description and a website link: DarkeMUD, Aardwolf, Discworld, Achaea, BatMUD, Alter Aeon, Materia Magica, Realms of Despair, 3Kingdoms, Genesis and Dark and Shattered Lands. Connect opens a new tab that is ready to connect.
  • Sample tab. A practice tab with labelled example aliases, triggers and buttons. It never changes your own characters.

Connections

  • Characters and saved MUDs. Each character has a MUD address and port, an optional password, and its own aliases, triggers, buttons, variables, lists, chat patterns, command history and map.
  • Passwords stay in the macOS Keychain. They are never written to profiles, exports, backups, history or logs. When the MUD hides your typing, the command line becomes a password field.
  • Auto-login. Veilrunner sends your character name. It sends the saved password only after the MUD asks for it.
  • TLS per MUD. TLS 1.2 or newer, with certificate checks. Self-signed certificates are accepted only if you turn that on for that MUD. They are then pinned on first use.
  • MCCP2 compression, including over TLS.
  • Full telnet support. ANSI color (16, 256 and true color), terminal type with MTTS, and window size.
  • GMCP. Char.Vitals and Char.Status drive a live vitals bar. Room.Info drives the map.
  • Predictable reconnects. A dropped link goes to Disconnected and does not retry unless you ask. You can turn on automatic reconnect in Settings: up to 3 tries.

Tabs and the session window

  • Many tabs in one window. Each tab has its own connection, scrollback, character, delays and tickers. Tabs you aren't looking at turn green when new text arrives.
  • Connect All connects every tab that has a character.
  • Remembered tabs. Your open tabs come back when you relaunch, without connecting by themselves.
  • Split view. #split pins the newest lines in a live pane at the bottom while you scroll back through history above.
  • Find and clear. Find in Output (⌘F), Clear Output (⌘K) and font size (⌘+ / ⌘−).
  • Command history. History is saved per character. With text already typed, ↑ / ↓ step only through commands that start with it. ⌃R searches your history.
  • Repeat any command with #N. For example, #3 say hello or #7 e.

Scripting (TinTin++-style)

  • Aliases with arguments %1–%9 and %0.
  • Triggers with literal or regular-expression patterns, captures and actions.
  • Highlights and gags. Color matching lines, or hide them.
  • Variables and lists, with simple math.
  • Flow control with #if, #elseif, #else and #while.
  • Delays and tickers. #delay runs a command once after a wait. #ticker runs it again and again on a timer.
  • Macro buttons below the command line.
  • Inspector editors. Triggers, Aliases, Buttons and Coach, with a large multi-line editor.
  • Script Coach. Describe what you want in plain English and get a suggested alias, trigger or button. It runs on your Mac; nothing goes to the cloud.
  • Import TinTin++ scripts. Imported triggers are held for your review before they run.
  • Built-in safety limits. These stop runaway trigger loops and hostile text from taking over.

Chat and logs

  • Chat patterns decide which lines count as chat. They feed a live chat panel with one tab per channel.
  • Session logs are plain text in a folder you choose. Passwords are never written.
  • A separate chat log, and #chatlogreview to read it inside the session window.

Built for VoiceOver

  • Every tab, button, editor, map control and setting has a spoken label.
  • New MUD text is spoken as it arrives. Lines that arrive together are joined and read at most once a second. Nothing is spoken during password prompts.
  • Plain speech skips ANSI art and divider lines. #speak controls it from the command line.

Settings

  • Reconnect automatically, MCCP, and the terminal type sent to the MUD.
  • Color themes: Veilrunner, Classic xterm, Solarized Dark and High Contrast. You can change any of the 16 ANSI colors.
  • Wrap width, scrollback size, showing your own commands, the vitals bar, pacing for long repeats, and text encoding.
  • Accessibility: speak new MUD text, and plain speech.

Back up and restore

  • Back Up Everything saves characters, scripts, saved MUDs, open tabs, settings, history and maps in one file. It never includes passwords.
  • Restore Everything checks the file first and saves a safety backup of your current data before it replaces anything.
  • Export and Import Profile move one character's scripts between characters or Macs.

Help built in

  • #help lists the commands, and #help <command> gives a full page with examples.
  • The Help menu opens a help window with guides for every feature, keyboard shortcuts and release notes.

Map — Early Access (optional in-app purchase on Mac)

  • Automapping. Rooms come from GMCP room data or from the room text, and are organized into zones and floors.
  • Click to walk. Speedwalk waits for each step to arrive and stops safely when a step fails. You can also stop and resume it.
  • Find and route. #map find and #path show a gold route preview, and #path run walks it.
  • Hand editing. Move, merge, delete, link and unlink rooms. Mark one-way exits. Add notes, labels and colors.
  • Undo and redo for 100 steps. Dated snapshots are saved before risky changes. Clear Map can be undone.
  • Import and export as JSON or as a readable text file.
  • New in 1.0.2: room names are read more reliably. #map relabel repairs names that were read wrongly.
  • Map — Early Access is a one-time purchase. It is fully usable today, new map features keep coming, and early supporters keep everything they bought. Map files are never deleted while the map is locked.

Read the Map — Early Access guide →

What’s New

Version 1.0.2 Current

  • Map room names. DarkeMUD rooms are named from their title line again, not from the lighting line or a piece of the description. Wilderness titles are read too.
  • A room with a misread name fixes itself the next time you visit it, without creating a duplicate.
  • #map relabel fixes what it can right away. It saves a snapshot first and can be undone.

Version 1.0.1

  • Map — Early Access. In the Mac App Store version, the map is a one-time in-app purchase.
  • Opening the map while it is locked shows a purchase sheet with Buy and Restore Purchases.
  • Locked map data is hidden, never deleted.

Version 1.0.0

  • The first full release: tabs and Connect All, TLS and MCCP2, the full scripting set with safety limits, prefix history and ⌃R search, session and chat logs, the automapper, full VoiceOver support, Settings and themes, one-file backup and restore, built-in help, and the Welcome screen with starter MUDs.

Resources

Privacy

Veilrunner does not collect, sell or share any personal data. It has no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Your characters, scripts and logs are files on your Mac, and your passwords stay in the macOS Keychain. Nothing is sent anywhere except the MUD you connect to. Read the Veilrunner privacy policy →

FAQ

Is Veilrunner available yet?

Not yet. Veilrunner is in review with Apple for the Mac App Store. This site will link to it as soon as it's available.

Which Macs does it run on?

Macs running macOS 15.0 or later. See System requirements.

Is there an iPhone or iPad version?

One is planned for later. The map will not be included on iPhone and iPad.

How do I connect to a MUD?

Choose File › Starter MUDs… and click Connect next to a world. Or add your own with + in the connection bar, then press Connect (⌘↩). See Getting started.

What is Map — Early Access?

The automapper is an optional one-time in-app purchase in the Mac App Store version. It's fully usable today, new map features keep coming in free updates, and early supporters keep everything they bought. See Map — Early Access.

I bought the map but it's locked.

Choose Veilrunner › Restore Purchases. It's also in Settings and on the purchase sheet. Make sure you're signed in with the Apple Account you used to buy it.

Did I lose my maps while the map was locked?

No. Locked maps are hidden, never deleted. They come back as soon as the map is unlocked.

Does Veilrunner collect any data?

No. Your characters, scripts and logs are files on your Mac. Nothing is sent anywhere except the MUD you connect to. Script Coach runs on your Mac.

Can I import my TinTin++ scripts?

Yes. Use File › Import TinTin Script… or #import. Imported triggers that send commands are shown for review before they run.

Does it support TLS, MCCP and GMCP?

Yes:

All questions in the help center →