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
Builders: photos are now things you carry, show and take things out of
2026-10-30
A photo you take with Photos in the web client, or copy from the web with @photo followed by its address, is now a photo you carry. Besides the list of things in it, it gets a name and a description of the whole picture. Look at it to he...
Web client: browse and edit object properties
2026-10-30
Open Properties in the web client's sidebar to inspect an object by name, #reference or $reference, or choose Here or Me. Search its properties and open one to see where it is defined, where its value comes from, and what your permission...
Builders: turn a photo into objects
2026-10-30
Builders can now photograph real things and bring them into Mongoose as objects. In the web client, open the Photos tab, the last tab in the sidebar, and choose Take or choose a photo. On a phone you can use the camera or a picture you a...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Fri Oct 30 09:19:06 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 1 day, 14 hours, 3 minutes, and 40 seconds
Latest object ID: #285163
Web requests served: 2536876
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 4 to 9 connected players. The latest reading was 6 at 2026-10-30 09:00 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 09:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 10:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-29 10:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 11:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 11:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 12:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 12:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 13:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 13:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 14:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 14:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 15:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-29 15:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-29 16:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-29 16:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 17:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 18:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 19:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 20:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 21:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-29 21:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 22:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 22:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 23:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-29 23:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 00:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 01:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 01:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 02:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 02:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 03:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 03:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-30 04:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 04:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 05:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 05:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 06:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 06:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 07:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 07:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-30 08:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-30 08:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-30 09:00 UTC | 6 |