Desktop Pets

This is the source code of my macOS app Desktop Pets!.

As you can guess, it brings Desktop Pets to macOS 🚀

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What's a Desktop Pet?

It's just a cute little pet or animal that lives in your computer.

The most popular one was probably the eSheep for Windows 95.

Hope you like them too!

Get the app

For daily use I recommend getting the App from the App Store.

Alternatively, you can download the latest release from GitHub or build from source (see below).

Screenshots

How does it work?

• A window with transparent background moves around according to pet position
• Windows are detected as obstacles
• A lot of hard work with Aseprite

Create custom pets

Starting from version 2.20 you can now create custom pets, please check the documentation.

Contribute

Contributors get a shout out in the app, just saying... 😏

Build from Source

1. Download and setup Xcode
2. Open the DesktopPets workspace
3. Give Xcode some time to figure out dependencies...
4. Run

Do I need Xcode to create custom pets?

No, no need! Just design your characters and follow the instructions, good luck!

Swift Packages not loading

Unfortunately, Xcode does not like local swift packages very much. In case you get any error about missing packages, try the following:

1. Clean build folder (Product > Clean)
2. Reset Packages Cache (Package Dependencies > Right Click)
3. Wait for process completion
4. Close and re-open Xcode
5. Build