PixelClaw
A tiny pixel crab that lives on your Dock
PixelClaw launched on March 19, 2026 with 162 votes, #204 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
What it does
PixelClaw is a tiny animated crab that lives on your Mac Dock, giving you something charming to watch and play with while Claude Code works in the background. It naps, hops, and chases apples you drop for it.
A tiny pixel crab that lives on your Dock. Contribute to masasron/PixelClaw development by creating an account on GitHub.
Built PixelClaw because I got bored waiting for Claude Code. It’s a tiny pixel crab that lives on your Dock, sleeps, wakes on click, and chases apples you drop. brew install masasron/tap/pixelclaw That downloads and opens the latest DMG from GitHub. Then drag PixelClaw.app into Applications . curl -fL https://github.com/masasron/PixelClaw/releases/download/v1.0.0/PixelClaw.dmg -o PixelClaw.dmg open PixelClaw.dmg Requirements macOS 12 or later Swift 5.9+ toolchain or Xcode with Swift Package Manager support Build make To run the app: swift build swift run PixelClaw --debug Permissions PixelClaw uses Accessibility access to read your Dock position and respond to clicks. The first time you…from github.com
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