Desktop Pet
6 posts
Desktop pets that do more than wander across your wallpaper — what they are, how they behave, and what happens when one is wired to a coding agent.
- 14 October 2026
Bongo Cat on Mac: Steam vs the free open-source app
There are two Bongo Cats, and both now run on a Mac. Which one to install, the permission macOS asks for, and why you should care what reads your keystrokes.
- 13 October 2026
Claude Code /buddy is gone. These pets replaced it
Anthropic's /buddy terminal pet lasted a week in April 2026. What happened, whether you can get it back, and the desktop pets that react to Claude Code now.
- 13 October 2026
Desktop Goose on Mac: does it still work in 2026?
The Mac build of Desktop Goose dates from 2020. How to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac today, how to get rid of the goose, and what changes after macOS 27.
- 13 October 2026
Shimeji on Mac in 2026: what still works
The Mac app most people used for Shimeji was discontinued this year. The options that still run on Apple Silicon, how to import a shimeji, and what to skip.
- 7 October 2026
Desktop pets for Mac: Shimeji, Bongo Cat and co
A guide to desktop pets on macOS — the classics, the modern open-source ones, and the new kind that are wired to something real on your machine.
- 2 October 2026
A desktop pet for your Mac that actually does work
Desktop pets used to be pure decoration. Minnie sits on your Mac like one, but she runs your AI coding agent, asks before she acts, and costs nothing extra.