MongooseThere's a cow
in the lab.
Explore a living text world shaped by the people in it. Meet friends and build something of your own.
You type commands. People answer. Sometimes the furniture does, too.
The client runs in your browser. You can visit as a guest.
> look
[glorp's Lab]
A compact, cluttered workspace.
A benchmark cow is near the north wall.
> say hello
You say, "hello."A few doors to try.
See who's here
A list of connected players, plus people's homepages.
Read something
Books written here, and public mailing lists for the longer conversations.
Look under the hood
Browse objects and public MOO code. There's command help and a project task list (login required).
Keep up with people elsewhere
Use
@fedito follow and read ActivityPub and Bluesky feeds from inside Mongoose.
What's new
Classic exploration mode
2026-10-12
Wizards can use @spatial off to explore through exits immediately and interact with objects anywhere in the same room.
Ship doors swish
2026-10-12
Doors aboard ships now open and close with a proper sliding-door swish, whether they open by themselves or you open them.
Concurrent test suites
2026-10-12
Independent test suites now run concurrently. Shared fixtures queue by resource; failed runs release locks, and dead-task locks are reclaimed.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Mon Oct 12 21:47:30 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 1 day, 22 hours, 2 minutes, and 50 seconds
Latest object ID: #274971
Web requests served: 2368317
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 3 to 22 connected players. The latest reading was 13 at 2026-10-12 21:40 UTC.
Each reading is the highest connected-player count observed in a 20-minute collection window, excluding network-link accounts. Gaps mean no reading was recorded.
Read player counts as a table
| Collection window starts | Connected players |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 22:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 22:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 23:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-11 23:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 00:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-12 00:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-12 01:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-12 01:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-12 02:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 02:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-12 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 03:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 04:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 04:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 05:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 05:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 06:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 06:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 07:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 07:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 08:00 UTC | 22 |
| 2026-10-12 08:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-12 09:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 09:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 10:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 10:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 11:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 11:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 12:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 13:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 14:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 14:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 15:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 16:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 17:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 17:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 18:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 19:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 20:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-12 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 21:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 21:40 UTC | 13 |