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Mongoose — a multiplayer text world

There'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.

Come on in →How to get around

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 glimpse of the lab. The cow is really there.

A few doors to try.

  1. See who's here

    A list of connected players, plus people's homepages.

  2. Read something

    Books written here, and public mailing lists for the longer conversations.

  3. Look under the hood

    Browse objects and public MOO code. There's command help and a project task list (login required).

  4. Keep up with people elsewhere

    Use @fedi to follow and read ActivityPub and Bluesky feeds from inside Mongoose.

What's new

  1. News and newspapers: a front page, feeds you follow, and papers you can buy

    2026-11-06

    Type news for a front page: the latest Mongoose changelog headlines, then the newest stories from the feeds you follow (or top stories if you follow none). The 2009 newsletter it used to show is gone.

  2. Your body now needs food, water and air, and tricorders can see it

    2026-11-06

    Your character now has a working body. What you eat and drink is digested into real energy and water over real hours while you are connected; your body pauses while you are logged off. Some hours after a meal your stomach growls, later y...

  3. Fire: splashed fuel, burning people, and phasers that set things alight

    2026-11-05

    Fuel splashed on someone now burns. Throw or pour gasoline, a strong spirit or oil on a person, then type LIGHT <person> WITH <flame> while holding something lit, such as a candle. They catch fire and take real burn damage, and so do the...

Read the changelog

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4players online
566registered players
21years of world history
World activity and server details

Server time: Fri Nov 6 16:39:23 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 2 days, 18 hours, 53 minutes, and 32 seconds
Latest object ID: #286369
Web requests served: 2681019

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