# tonybaloney/vscode-pets

Adds playful pets 🦀🐱🐶 in your VS Code window

Repository: https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-pets
Homepage: https://tonybaloney.github.io/vscode-pets
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: typescript, vscode, visual-studio-code, vscode-extension, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest-accepted
Last push: 2026-08-23T06:27:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2019, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": 54, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4161, forks 543 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:37.723752+00:00)

## What it is
A VS Code extension that adds playful pixelated pets (cats, dogs, snakes, rubber ducks, Clippy) to your editor window. You can interact with them, throw balls, name them, and change backgrounds for a fun coding companion.

## Use cases
- add a virtual pet to my code editor
- make coding more fun with a desktop pet in VS Code
- keep a cute cat companion while programming
- play with a pixel dog inside my IDE
- boost morale with a fun VS Code extension
- customize editor pets with themes and backgrounds

## When to choose
- you use VS Code and want a lighthearted, fun companion while coding
- you want a well-maintained, popular extension with active releases and translations

## When to avoid
- you need productivity tooling with functional value rather than entertainment
- you use an editor other than VS Code or compatible forks

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, animation, gui
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform, windows
- tags: vscode-extension, pixel-pets, fun, gamification, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- tonybaloney/vscode-pets (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.723752+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 2026-08-29T18:22:48.909520+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.723752+00:00, sha f5b0bf551a7b)
  - homepage: https://tonybaloney.github.io/vscode-pets (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:51.435870+00:00, sha fcb88dca5161)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.