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The Puppet

The Puppet

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Your cursor moves like someone is still in the room — human-like OS mouse motion from the status bar.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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The Puppet

Your cursor moves like someone is still in the room — even when you are not.

This repo ships two extensions with the same settings philosophy:

VS Code Browser (Chrome / Firefox)
Folder repo root browser-extension/
Install npm run install-ext or Marketplace Load unpacked — see browser README
Toggle Status bar · Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P Toolbar popup · Alt+Shift+P
Settings Double-click status bar Options page from popup

VS Code extension

Default shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P (Windows/Linux) · Cmd+Shift+Alt+P (macOS). Rebind via Keyboard Shortcuts (The Puppet: Toggle).

Click the status bar icon to toggle. Double-click for settings.

Features

  • OS-level mouse movement — human-like cursor motion across all monitors
  • Window switching — optional Alt+Tab / Cmd+Tab among selected apps
  • Pause when you are active — enabled by default
  • Schedule timers — auto on/off windows
  • Geo location spoof — system timezone & GPS where supported
  • Cross-window sync — status and settings across VS Code windows
npm install
npm test
npm run package          # build .vsix
npm run install-ext      # install locally

Browser extension

Simulates pointer activity inside web pages (mousemove events, tab cycling, page-level geo spoof). See browser-extension/README.md for Chrome/Firefox install steps.

cd browser-extension
npm run build:icons

License

MIT

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