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
Spawning AI ships works for every ship class
2026-10-24
Wizards can now use `@spawn-ship` with every ship blueprint. It used to refuse the CR-90 corvette and several others because their blueprints named no pilot; each now carries a pilot for its side (Alliance, Imperial, Federation, Romulan ...
Air shields for suitless space travel
2026-10-24
Learned air shields can now protect you or one nearby person from suffocation and vacuum exposure for up to ten minutes without a suit.
Wizards no longer join Wizards and wizinfo on connect
2026-10-23
Wizards no longer join Wizards and wizinfo on connect. If you turned them off, they should now stay off.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Sat Oct 24 15:19:28 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 9 days, 23 hours, 1 minute, and 8 seconds
Latest object ID: #283444
Web requests served: 2484439
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 5 to 12 connected players. The latest reading was 7 at 2026-10-24 15:00 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 15:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 16:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 17:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 17:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 18:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 18:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 19:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 19:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 20:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 20:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 21:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 21:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 22:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 22:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-23 23:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-23 23:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 00:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 00:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-24 01:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 01:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 02:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 02:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 03:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 04:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-24 04:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-24 05:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-24 05:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-24 06:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-24 06:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-24 07:00 UTC | 10 |
| 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 |