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
Workspace parent and location charging
2026-10-13
Parent rows require complete16-parent bound and aggregate admission; location is charged separately. Small-budget native controls preserve earlier rows and prove write refusal with unchanged parents. Inventory workspace47,50.
Recovered exact original topology group57 survivors
2026-10-13
Added/edited/called/removed temporary recover_fixture57 for six independently authenticated original lifetimes only, using a fresh receipt and unchanged strict disposal. Reused10533/10543 excluded; old group57metadata retained.
Unique workspace fixture birth keys
2026-10-13
Added distinct per-allocation keys even when fixture labels repeat. Native inherited-marker failure preserves actual E_INVARG and pre-marker returned-ID evidence; stale keys cannot authorize replacement disposal. Inventory workspace43,46...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Tue Oct 13 22:01:56 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 2 days, 22 hours, 17 minutes, and 16 seconds
Latest object ID: #281330
Web requests served: 2382078
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 3 to 17 connected players. The latest reading was 9 at 2026-10-13 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 22:40 UTC | 17 |
| 2026-10-12 23:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-12 23:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 00:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 00:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 01:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 01:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 02:00 UTC | 15 |
| 2026-10-13 02:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 03:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 03:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 04:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 04:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-13 05:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 05:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 06:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 06:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-13 07:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-13 07:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 08:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 08:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 09:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 09:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 10:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 10:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 11:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 11:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-13 12:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-13 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-13 13:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 14:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 15:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 15:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 16:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-13 16:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 17:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 17:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 18:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 18:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 19:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-13 19:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-13 20:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-13 20:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-13 21:00 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-13 21:40 UTC | 9 |