# Adrianotiger/desktopPet

Remembering the lovely eSheep (stray sheep) from 1995 -

Repository: https://github.com/Adrianotiger/desktopPet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/desktoppet
Homepage: https://adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet/
Language: C#
License Family: other
Topics: ehseep, xml, desktop, mate
Last push: 2026-09-02T08:36:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3910, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 389, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1138, forks 118 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:00.521692+00:00)

## What it is
A C# desktop application that recreates the classic 1995 eSheep screen mate, showing an animated pet that walks and falls around your desktop and interacts with windows. Pets and animations are defined via a simple XML file, and a companion editor lets users create custom pets.

## Use cases
- add a fun animated pet to my windows desktop
- bring back the classic esheep screen mate from 1995
- create my own desktop pet with custom animations
- have a sheep walk across my taskbar and over windows
- run multiple screen mates on a multi-monitor setup
- embed an animated pet on my webpage

## When to choose
- you want a nostalgic desktop pet on Windows 7/8/10
- you want to customize pets via XML or a pet editor
- you want a portable exe with no installation

## When to avoid
- you need a productive utility rather than entertainment
- you are on Linux or macOS and need native support
- you need a maintained, licensed open-source project for commercial use

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, animation, graphics
- domain: desktop-applications, entertainment, windows
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: desktop-pet, screen-mate, esheep, nostalgia, xml-animations, shimeji-like, desktop

## Member repositories
- Adrianotiger/desktopPet (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:00.521692+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 2026-08-30T06:36:34.277201+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Adrianotiger/desktopPet (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:00.521692+00:00, sha ff5d880de955)
  - homepage: https://adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:36.074285+00:00, sha a7c14d4c32f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.