a lil' pixel buddy for your desktop

A pixel cat that
lives on your desktop.

Watches your cursor, taps along while you type, nudges you to stretch & sip water, delivers your reminders, runs Pomodoro, and hops when your AI agent finishes. 🐾

checking latest release…

Free & open Β· unsigned build (one-time step below) Β· macOS 11+ Β· Windows 10+

your desktop
hi! move your mouse πŸ‘€

this is the real pet Β· it watches your cursor Β· type something Β· click it!

things it does

small cat, big personality

πŸ‘€

Alive on your desktop

Eyes track your mouse, flick fast and it gives chase. Pet its head for purrs, drag it around, shake for a wiggle.

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Types with you

Taps two little keys as you type. Go too fast and it overheats, steam and all.

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Cheers your AI agent

Hops with "task done" when Cursor, Claude Code or Antigravity finishes. One-click connect from Settings.

🧘

Stretch & water nudges

Walks to the center of your screen, stretches tall or laps from a bowl, then trots back home.

πŸ…

Pomodoro on its head

Start from the menubar and a live countdown floats above it. Tomato for focus, coffee for breaks.

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Reminds you of anything

Set a note for a date & time and the cat walks over and holds it up until you've seen it. Drag the cat to say "got it" and clear it.

πŸ“Œ

Stay where you put it

Double-click to pin it in place. It remembers across restarts, and still shows up for reminders.

🎨

Make it yours

Pick the coat color and markings: tabby, tuxedo, calico, mittens. Size it to taste. Triple-click the cat to open Settings.

two minutes

getting it home

1
Open the .dmg and drag DeskPet into Applications.
2
Unsigned build, so clear the quarantine flag once in Terminal:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/DeskPet.app
…then double-click. (Or right-click β†’ Open if you only see "unidentified developer".)
3
Lives in the menubar 🐾. For typing reactions: System Settings β†’ Privacy & Security β†’ Accessibility β†’ enable DeskPet β†’ relaunch.
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Windows: run the .exe installer. If SmartScreen warns, click More info β†’ Run anyway. Typing reactions work with no extra permission. Lives in the system tray 🐾.
4
Open Settings from the tray (or triple-click the cat) to pick colors, schedule reminders, set break timers, and one-click connect your AI IDEs.