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
You get sweaty and dirty now, and washing really cleans you
2026-10-27
Your character now sweats and gets dirty. You sweat a little all the time, more when you walk, run or fight, and more in hot rooms. Sweat soaks into whatever you are wearing first, and what stays on your skin slowly dries, leaving salt b...
Measuring tapes
2026-10-27
Builders can now make a measuring tape with @create $measuring_tape named tape. Hold it and type measure me with tape, or measure <object> with tape, to read actual width, depth and height in metres.
Builders: @generics shows what you can build with
2026-10-27
@generics now shows what you can build with, instead of an 850-line list of every fertile object. Typed alone it lists about thirty groups, such as Storage, Seating and beds, Lights and power, Games and Rooms and areas, each with a count...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Tue Oct 27 12:02:14 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 9 hours, 36 minutes, and 8 seconds
Latest object ID: #283879
Web requests served: 2512350
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 3 to 27 connected players. The latest reading was 4 at 2026-10-27 11:40 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 13:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 14:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 14:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 15:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 15:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 16:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 17:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 18:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 18:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 19:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 19:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 20:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-26 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 21:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-26 21:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-26 22:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-26 22:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 23:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-26 23:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-27 00:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-27 00:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-27 01:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-27 01:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-27 02:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-27 02:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-27 03:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-27 03:40 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-27 04:00 UTC | 17 |
| 2026-10-27 04:40 UTC | 15 |
| 2026-10-27 05:00 UTC | 23 |
| 2026-10-27 05:40 UTC | 26 |
| 2026-10-27 06:00 UTC | 27 |
| 2026-10-27 06:40 UTC | 25 |
| 2026-10-27 07:00 UTC | 18 |
| 2026-10-27 07:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 08:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 08:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 09:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 09:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 10:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-27 10:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-27 11:00 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-27 11:40 UTC | 4 |