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
Fires burn their own wood, and enough heat lights them
2026-10-27
A fire's fuel is now the burnable material actually in it. As a campfire, lantern or torch burns, its wood is used up, and parts that cannot burn, such as iron, are left behind. ADD WOOD TO <fire>, FILL <lamp> and FEED <item> TO <fire> s...
One jail for every cell; supply packs and crates now hold their goods
2026-10-27
Jail cells, timed arrest cells and the brig's force-field cells now share one set of rules. A permanent cell can hold several prisoners, and a repeat visit to the same cell gets a longer sentence; @release frees a prisoner from any of th...
Tables, desks, lockers and other hand-made furniture now work like real furniture
2026-10-27
About 1,700 tables, desks, counters, benches, workbenches, lockers, crates, supply packs and loose ore and scrap had been built on a bare thing, so they had no surface, seats, room sentence or size. They now use proper generics and keep ...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Wed Oct 28 21:52:20 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 54 seconds
Latest object ID: #284415
Web requests served: 2521606
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 1 to 18 connected players. The latest reading was 3 at 2026-10-28 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 22:00 UTC | 18 |
| 2026-10-27 22:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-27 23:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-27 23:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 00:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 01:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 01:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 02:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 02:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 03:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 04:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 04:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 05:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 05:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 06:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 06:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 07:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 07:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 08:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 08:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 09:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 09:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 10:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 10:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 11:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 11:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 12:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-28 12:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 13:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 13:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 14:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 14:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 15:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 15:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-28 16:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-28 16:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-28 17:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 17:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 18:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-28 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-28 19:00 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-28 19:40 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-28 20:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-28 20:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-28 21:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-28 21:40 UTC | 3 |