Launched this week
Tamamon
A desktop pet that grows as you code with Claude Code
446 followers
A desktop pet that grows as you code with Claude Code
446 followers
Tamamon is a macOS desktop pet that lives on top of your screen and grows the more you build with Claude Code. What it does: - 20 species to collect through a weekly gacha, each with its own evolved forms and quirks - Feed it, play (ball, bubbles), and decorate its habitat - Reacts to real time and weather — when it rains or night falls, your pet heads home to rest - Nothing leaves your Mac. No account, no sign-in, no tracking, nothing uploaded.
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Heheh love this Jason! Guessing if you're thinking on monetizing or it's just for fun. Congrats on the launch anyway and wish you all the best!
Tamamon
@german_merlo1 Ha, thank you Germán! Honestly it's a labor of love — free, fully local, no catch, and I want to keep the pet and collecting that way. There's a Ko-fi if anyone feels like buying the little guy a coffee, but that's it. Appreciate the kind words, and all the best to you too.
Sesh
how far can they evolve? 🤣
Tamamon
@fabiogiolito 😂 that dragon is aspirational. Real answer: evolution tops out at the "evolved" form — a genuine milestone that takes a lot of coding to reach, so it stays an achievement instead of endless power creep. No 40-foot fire-breathing final boss… yet.
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I downloaded the macOS package and it defaulted to Korean. Is there any way to change it? I downloaded from the homepage
Tamamon
@icallcarry Yes! You can change the language from the menu bar. Click the app’s menu bar icon (in the macOS status bar), then open the second-to-last menu item—that’s where you can switch the language. Thanks so much for downloading it! We really appreciate you giving it a try.
That's a cool idea!
But i can't see any close button to turn it off. Or exit from the app.
Tamamon
@mohammad_faisal11 Thanks for flagging. It lives in your menu bar at the top-right, not the Dock — click the Tamamon icon up there and you'll find Quit at the bottom of the menu.
That's also where Settings, your Collection, and the Room are. Let me know if the icon isn't showing.
@besslframework
I used 'killall' to exit from terminal. But would recommend an exit button.
Also window is taking a big space from screen, showing CPU and memory usage, having a minimize window option and a exit button coulde be nice experience for users!
The weather-reactive behavior is such a thoughtful touch, sending your pet home when it actually rains where you live makes the little guy feel alive instead of just decorative. Love that it all stays local too.
Tamamon
@uyanbal77090 Thank you! the weather reaction is the detail I'm proudest of, precisely because it makes the little guy feel alive rather than decorative. And yeah, it all stays local. Appreciate the kind words 🙏
Love that this one is proudly useless, that's the whole charm :) After a full day in Claude Code the last thing I want is another dashboard judging me, a little creature that just grows quietly alongside the work is a much nicer relationship with the tool. ;)
The detail I like most is the one that sounds like pure flavor: it wanders home to rest when it rains or night falls. Tying growth to token activity could so easily become a "grind more, feed the pet" guilt loop, a companion that also knows when to sleep says the exact opposite. That resting is what keeps it a friend instead of a productivity nag. Respect on the honesty too, being upfront that it reflects local coding activity and not your subscription % is a real trust signal.
Congrats on the launch! :)
Tamamon
@keirodev "Proudly useless" — I'm stealing that, it's the whole thesis. And you read the rest-when-it-rains detail exactly the way I meant it: if growth is the only mechanic it quietly becomes a guilt loop, so the pet knowing when to go home and sleep is what keeps it a friend and not a nag. Thank you for seeing the small stuff!
launched my own product this week and spent the whole time staring at analytics dashboards, so a pet that just vibes next to the work instead of measuring me is weirdly exactly what I needed lol
the "heads home when it rains" detail is what sold me. that's not a feature, that's a personality
Tamamon
@yarslav "That's not a feature, that's a personality" might be my favorite thing anyone's said about it. I had the same staring-at-dashboards fatigue, which is why it measures nothing and just keeps you company. Congrats on your own launch this week.