# BongoCat

🐱 🧸跨平台互动桌宠 BongoCat，为桌面增添乐趣！

Repository: https://github.com/ayangweb/BongoCat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bongocat
Homepage: https://github.com/ayangweb/Awesome-BongoCat
Language: Vue
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bongocat, desktop-app, desktop-pet, linux, macos, windows, cross-platform, pet, bongo-cat, pet-project, rust, tauri, tauri-app
Last push: 2026-08-22T20:24:27+00:00
Link (homepage): https://github.com/ayangweb/Awesome-BongoCat

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 37
- inputs: {"age_days": 523, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 136, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22797, forks 1100 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.093928+00:00)

## What it is
BongoCat is a cross-platform interactive desktop pet app that displays a cute cat (or other community-made models) on your desktop, reacting to your keyboard and mouse input. It is built with Tauri and Vue, and an accompanying Awesome-BongoCat repo curates third-party character models.

## Use cases
- show a bongo cat that taps when I type on my desktop
- add a fun desktop pet overlay to my screen
- customize a desktop mascot with community character models
- entertain viewers with a typing cat during screen recordings or streams
- get a lightweight cross-platform desktop companion for Windows, macOS, and Linux

## When to choose
- you want a playful, customizable desktop pet that reacts to keyboard and mouse activity
- you need a cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux) app with active development and MIT licensing
- you want to pick from a large library of community-made character models

## When to avoid
- you need a productivity tool with real utility rather than decoration
- you want a system-tray-only utility with no visual overlay
- you cannot run Tauri/WebView-based desktop applications

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: desktop-pet, bongo-cat, tauri-app, vue, rust, fun, customizable-models, overlay, macos, linux, desktop, tauri

## Member repositories
- ayangweb/BongoCat (main) score 80
- ayangweb/Awesome-BongoCat (docs) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.093928+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:55.237404+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ayangweb/BongoCat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.093928+00:00, sha c9ab1db8f036)
  - homepage: https://github.com/ayangweb/Awesome-BongoCat (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:37.345894+00:00, sha 660607eb332e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.