Hey Product Hunt 👋

I built Pet Gatekeeper because every screen-time app I've tried felt like punishment. Hard blockers made me angry. Timers made me cheat. Streak apps made me anxious.

So I flipped the idea: what if the thing that interrupts my scroll is something I actually love?

Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet when you've been scrolling too long on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. Not a stranger's cat. Not a stock animation. Your pet.

Credit where it's due — the spark came from @konekone2026's Cat Gatekeeper, a lovely extension that uses cat videos to interrupt doomscrolls. Pet Gatekeeper takes it one step further: anyone can use their OWN pet, not a fixed cast.

How it works:

1. Visit petgatekeeper.com and upload one photo of your pet

2. We animate it into a short looping "gatekeeper" — saved to your cloud library

3. Install the Chrome extension and your pet starts guarding your feeds

Want coverage beyond the browser? We also ship Windows & Mac desktop apps that gatekeep system-wide — so your pet shows up whether you're doomscrolling X in Chrome, in the X desktop app, or anywhere else on your machine. One pet, every screen.

Why I think this works better than blockers:

• Positive friction instead of frustration

• You can't ignore your own pet the way you ignore a popup

• Works WITH your dopamine system instead of fighting it

Free to try. I'd love your feedback — especially:

→ What pets should we support next? (Bunny? Bird? Lizard?)

→ Which sites/apps should we gatekeep by default?

Thanks for checking it out — and give your pet a treat from me 🐾