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DeskMate
A tiny hero who lives at the top of your Mac
2 followers
A tiny hero who lives at the top of your Mac
2 followers
DeskMate is a tiny hero who lives in the strip above your windows. He swings on webs, notices your cursor without chasing it, and throws your reminders up on a web when they're due. No account, no tracking. 3 days free, then $2.99 once.
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Hi PH š I'm Varun, and I made DeskMate on my own.
I wanted something alive on my screen that didn't get in my way. Every desktop pet I tried either chased my cursor, sat on top of my work, or played the same three animations on a loop.
So DeskMate's hero lives in a thin strip at the very top of the screen and stays there. Clicks pass straight through him. He notices your cursor when it comes into his world (a glance, a flinch, a step back) and then gets on with his day.
Nothing he does is a looping animation. A physics sim drives every frame: a real pendulum when he swings, weight moving through his legs, a gait that changes with speed. So he never does exactly the same thing twice.
Two other things he does:
ā¢ Reminders: set one from the menu bar and he swings over and throws it up on a web when it's due. Done or snooze, right there.
ā¢ Every few minutes, a violet rival drops in for a short cartoon scuffle. Nothing explodes, and you can switch it off.
No account, no analytics, no network requests at all. 3 days free, then $2.99 once. No subscription.
I'd love to hear what you'd want him to do next. I'm here all day.