Is there an active, modern-ish BBS-like software out there? SSH of course ;-)
What language do you prefer?
Enigma (NodeJS): https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs
x84 (Python - needs some work to use current Python): https://github.com/jquast/x84
Synchronet (C, JS): https://www.synchro.net
WWIV (C++): https://github.com/wwiv