Plugpal GitHub

free · open source · MIT

A tiny pixel pet that loves your charger.

Plugpal lives along the bottom of your screen. Plug in and it runs over to sip from the cable. Unplug and it gasps. Let the battery run low and, well, it gets a bit dramatic.

Download for Linux See the code

macOS and Windows are on the way. No account, ever.

The three Plugpal pets, a mint blob, an orange cat and a green frog, snuggled on a laptop charger.

the real thing, recorded

It has opinions about your battery.

Blob reacting to the battery: running to drink from the cable when plugged in, gasping when unplugged, sweating, fainting at 5 percent and partying at 100 percent.
Plug in, unplug, low, 5%, full. The whole saga.
Mochi the cat getting clicked for hearts, eating a snack after a right-click, and dangling when picked up with the mouse.
Click for hearts, right-click for a snack, drag to pick it up.

try it right here

Go on, plug it in.

Same sprites as the app, running in your browser. Flip the charger, drag the battery down, switch off the lights.

Pet
Charger

a day in the life

What it gets up to.

charger

Runs to the cable

Plug in and it scoots to the corner for a drink. Pull the cable and it gasps. Hit 100% and there's a little party.

A desktop with two app windows and Blob sitting on the bottom edge of the screen.
low battery

Dramatic when low

Sweats at 20%. Faints at 5% and asks, very politely, to be plugged in. It never dies, promise.

Blob fainted flat on the floor with a speech bubble saying please plug me in.
Pip the frog asleep on a lavender crescent moon. nights

Goes to bed

Gets drowsy after 10pm and sleeps from midnight to 6. Maybe you should too.

Pip the frog asleep at the bottom of the screen with a little z floating above.
Blob holding up a glass of water with a blue straw. reminders

Breaks & water

A soft nudge to stretch every 50 minutes and drink some water every 90. Snoozes while you're away.

pets

Three pets, all free

Blob, Mochi and Pip. Nothing locked, nothing to buy. Switch whenever you feel like it.

hands on

Pet it, feed it, carry it

Click for hearts, right-click for a snack, drag it around and watch it dangle. Clicks go straight through to your apps everywhere else.

Three frames of Blob: getting petted with hearts, eating a snack, and dangling while being dragged.

three pets, all free

Meet the gang.

Swap between them from the tray icon whenever you like. Tap a trick to see it.

Blob

A soft mint bean with a sprout on top. Will happily drink anything that comes out of a cable.

Mochi the Cat

Round, orange, mostly naps. Acts like she doesn't care about pats. Cares a lot.

Pip the Frog

Big eyes, bigger feelings. Jumps out of his skin every time you unplug.

Mochi the cat curled up asleep, hugging a little mint padlock.

privacy

Nothing leaves your computer.

  • No account. No sign-up, no email, no login.
  • No server. It doesn't phone home. It just sits there being cute.
  • No analytics. Nobody is counting anything about you.
  • Typing reactions are off by default. If you turn them on, the pet only counts key presses. It never sees which keys.

Take one home.

Free forever, all three pets included. Open source under MIT.

Linux macOS coming soon Windows coming soon

The first release is nearly ready. Until it lands, you can build it from source in a few commands.