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A cute virtual pet that lives on your desktop 🐾

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   Pets Therapy - Desktop Pets▲7

   Cute pixel art pets that live on your desktop 🐶🐱🐕🐇🐈🐹🐩

   Jul 2026 · pets-therapy.com

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   Mac Pet▲469

   A menu bar pet that wakes and sleeps as you work

   2024

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   CozyPet▲70

   A tiny pixel pet that lives on your Mac desktop.

   2025

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   Still Around▲1

   A desktop pet that looks like your actual cat or dog

   8d ago · stillaround.online

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   Tamamon▲326

   A desktop pet that grows as you code with Claude Code

   Jul 2026 · tamamons.com

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   Petne▲2

   Your real pet, alive and interactive on your desktop

   Jul 2026 · petne.com

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   Pets for Cursor▲93

   I created an extension which adds a custom pet to your editor (Cursor/ VS Code/ Windsurf compatible). https://github.com/blairjordan/codachi As you type, your pet hatches, acquires XP and evolves. A playing card is generated when your pet evolves. All pixel art is original and hand/ mouse drawn.

   2025

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   My Screen Pet▲2

   Cute, animated companions that live on your web pages 🐾

   Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com

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   Cursor Pets▲9

   Bring your website to life with a tiny pet.

   Dec 2025

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    DeskPet▲4

    Recreate Your Beloved Pet on Your Mac Desktop

    Jun 2026 · deskpet.me

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    Minymon▲194

    Cute and helpful pets for your website

    2021

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    Klicker App, Free pet clicker▲96

    Make every click count

    2025

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    Cursor Pet▲8

    A cute Pet that follows your mouse cursor!!

    Dec 2025

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    tama96▲141

    A Tamagotchi for your desktop, terminal, and AI agents

    Apr 2026 · tama96.com

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    Furbo▲92

    A treat-tossing robot for your dog

    2016

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    Pixel Pets▲1

    Tiny pixel pets that keep you company on every tab

    4d ago · pixel-pets.top

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    Petnunu Desktop▲1

    A little pet friend living on your desktop

    Jul 2026 · petnunu.com

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    Desktop Zoo▲7

    A zoo lives on your desktop.

    Jun 2026

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    MemoryPet▲96

    Turn your browsers toolbar into an animated usage monitor

    2025

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    My Mini Pet▲91

    Customized virtual pet of your real pet

    2022

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    Peekoo▲1

    Turn any photo into a desktop pet that climbs your windows

    Aug 2026 · peekoo.app

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    Pawse▲3

    Your virtual pet which reacts to your work.

    Jun 2026 · pawse.live

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    Desktop Toys▲8

    Bring joy, motion, and a touch of magic to your desktop!

    Dec 2025

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    Dinoki – Privacy-First Desktop AI with Pixel Pets (6MB Native)▲17

    Hey HN! Dinoki is a 6MB native AI assistant with pixel pets that live on your desktop. Built for power users who want privacy, performance – and a bit of fun. See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_pv2BU0CZA What makes it different: - 6MB native app (SwiftUI for macOS, WPF for Windows) – starts instantly - Zero telemetry – your API keys and data stay local - Pixel art companions with physics-based behaviors - Flexible AI support – OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter (300+ models), or Ollama (offline) Why pixel pets in an AI assistant? Beyond being fun, pixel art is…

    2025

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