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
Area arrivals and departures
2026-10-11
Reduced unnecessary work during arrivals and departures in large areas.
Channels: the game now tells your client which channels exist
2026-10-11
When you log in, the game sends your client the list of channels you can hear (and say, page and links), and sends it again whenever you join or leave one.
Login music
2026-10-11
Quiet music now plays on the login screen and stops when you enter the game. Your usual sound volume and mute controls apply.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Sun Oct 11 21:53:05 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 22 hours, 8 minutes, and 25 seconds
Latest object ID: #269432
Web requests served: 2363468
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 3 to 14 connected players. The latest reading was 4 at 2026-10-11 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 22:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-10 22:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-10 23:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 23:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-11 00:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-11 00:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 01:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 02:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-11 02:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-11 03:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 03:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 04:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 04:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-11 05:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 05:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-11 06:00 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-11 06:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-11 07:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-11 07:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 08:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 08:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 09:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 09:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 10:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 10:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 11:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 11:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 12:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 12:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 13:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 13:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 14:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 14:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 15:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-11 15:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 16:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 16:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 17:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 17:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 18:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 19:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-11 20:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-11 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-11 21:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 21:40 UTC | 4 |