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
Keys mode no longer types, and key help
2026-10-24
In keys mode, keys never type into the command box any more, whether or not the game uses them, so a stray letter can't end up in your next command.
Voice chat key is now Ctrl+Alt+T, for talk
2026-10-24
The voice chat key has changed again: Ctrl+Alt+T (T for talk) now joins and leaves voice chat. Entry 1179 said Ctrl+Alt+A, but some desktop apps, such as ChatGPT, take that key first. Ctrl+Alt+J, from entry 1178, is a JAWS key. Ctrl+Alt+...
Voice chat key is now Ctrl+Alt+A
2026-10-24
The voice chat key from entry 1178 has changed: Ctrl+Alt+A now joins and leaves voice chat, instead of Ctrl+Alt+J. Ctrl+Alt+W and Ctrl+Alt+R are unchanged. @audio keys lists your keys.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Sun Oct 25 07:39:11 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 10 days, 15 hours, 20 minutes, and 51 seconds
Latest object ID: #283434
Web requests served: 2492947
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 5 to 9 connected players. The latest reading was 6 at 2026-10-25 07:00 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 07:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 08:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 08:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 09:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 09:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 10:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 10:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 11:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 11:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 12:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 12:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 13:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 13:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 14:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 14:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 15:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 15:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 16:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 16:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 17:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 17:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 18:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 18:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-24 19:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 19:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 20:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-24 20:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-24 21:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-24 21:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 22:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 22:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 23:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 23:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-25 00:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-25 00:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-25 01:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-25 01:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 02:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 02:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 03:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-25 04:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-25 04:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 05:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 05:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 06:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 06:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 07:00 UTC | 6 |