diff --git a/src/api/config.rs b/src/api/config.rs
index 58cfd2f..23dc7ef 100644
--- a/src/api/config.rs
+++ b/src/api/config.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ pub struct Config {
 
 impl Config {
 	/// construct a new Config object, with given username and password
-	pub fn new(username: String, password: String) -> Self {
+	pub fn new(username: impl ToString, password: impl ToString) -> Self {
 		Self {
-			username,
-			password,
+			username: username.to_string(),
+			password: password.to_string(),
 			host: None,
 			port: None,
 			tls: None,
diff --git a/src/ffi/js/workspace.rs b/src/ffi/js/workspace.rs
index a470c2e..8437a82 100644
--- a/src/ffi/js/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/js/workspace.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ impl Workspace {
 		self.filetree(filter, strict)
 	}
 
+	#[napi(js_name = "user_list")]
+	pub fn js_user_list(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+		self.user_list()
+	}
+
 	#[napi(js_name = "cursor")]
 	pub fn js_cursor(&self) -> CursorController {
 		self.cursor()
diff --git a/src/ffi/lua/workspace.rs b/src/ffi/lua/workspace.rs
index 5ce4bd2..caed60b 100644
--- a/src/ffi/lua/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/lua/workspace.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ impl LuaUserData for CodempWorkspace {
 		methods.add_method("filetree", |_, this, (filter, strict,):(Option<String>, Option<bool>,)|
 			Ok(this.filetree(filter.as_deref(), strict.unwrap_or(false)))
 		);
+
+		methods.add_method("user_list", |_, this, ()|
+			Ok(this.user_list())
+		);
 	}
 
 	fn add_fields<F: LuaUserDataFields<Self>>(fields: &mut F) {
diff --git a/src/ffi/python/workspace.rs b/src/ffi/python/workspace.rs
index 1a10f4d..79574b8 100644
--- a/src/ffi/python/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/python/workspace.rs
@@ -86,4 +86,9 @@ impl Workspace {
 	fn pyfiletree(&self, filter: Option<&str>, strict: bool) -> Vec<String> {
 		self.filetree(filter, strict)
 	}
+
+	#[pyo3(name = "user_list")]
+	fn pyuser_list(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+		self.user_list()
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/workspace.rs b/src/workspace.rs
index 7c11461..d278ccd 100644
--- a/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/workspace.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ impl Workspace {
 			.collect()
 	}
 
+	/// Get all names of users currently in this workspace
+	pub fn user_list(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+		self.0
+			.users
+			.iter()
+			.map(|elem| elem.value().name.clone())
+			.collect()
+	}
+
 	/// Get the filetree as it is currently cached.
 	/// A filter may be applied, and it may be strict (equality check) or not (starts_with check).
 	// #[cfg_attr(feature = "js", napi)] // https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/issues/1120