Purrformance Booster

Purrformance Booster adds a small pixel-art cat to VS Code: part desk companion, part focus timer, part gentle nudge to take breaks. It is meant to make long coding sessions feel a little lighter without getting in your way.

What It Does

• Shows a virtual cat companion while you work
• Adds a Purrdomo timer for focused coding sessions
• Tracks daily goals, streaks, weekly progress, and completed sessions
• Reminds you to rest your eyes with a 20-20-20 style break timer
• Unlocks achievements as you build habits
• Lets you tune the cat's movement, messages, avatar, and focus behavior

The Cat

Your cat follows along in the editor and reacts to the shape of your work. You can choose from several avatars, rename your cat, change its movement style, and pet it from the sidebar.

The extension is intentionally playful, but the controls are practical: most day-to-day actions live in the Purrformance sidebar so you do not need to hunt through settings.

Purrdomo Timer

Use the built-in timer when you want a focused work block. You can start the default timer, pick a quick preset, stop a session early, and track completed sessions over time.

The Stats panel keeps the useful bits close:

• Today's progress toward your goal
• Current and longest streak
• Total completed sessions
• A simple weekly activity view

Eye Breaks

The eye break timer helps you step away from the screen at regular intervals. It can be enabled, disabled, or reset from the sidebar.

Achievements

Achievements give the extension a light progression layer. They cover timer milestones, streaks, interaction habits, eye breaks, and a few hidden goals.

Getting Started

1. Install the extension.
2. Open a workspace or file in VS Code.
3. Open the Purrformance activity bar view.
4. Choose a cat avatar, set a daily goal, and start a Purrdomo session.

Useful Commands

Open the Command Palette and search for Purrformance to find the main commands:

• Purrformance: Show Daily Purrdomo Count
• Purrformance: Set Daily Purrdomo Goal
• Purrformance: Reset Purrdomo Stats
• Purrformance: Show Achievements
• Purrformance: Reset All Achievements
• Purrformance: Trigger Cat Meow

Settings Worth Knowing

• purrformance.selectedCatAvatar: choose the cat shown in the sidebar
• purrformance.catMovementStyle: choose smooth, playful, or lazy movement
• purrformance.catMessageDisplayMode: choose hover messages or line-end text
• purrformance.disableRandomMessages: enable Focus Mode
• purrformance.enableEyeBreakTimer: turn eye break reminders on or off
• purrformance.dailyPurrdomoGoal: set your target number of daily sessions

Notes

Purrformance Booster uses VS Code theme colors where possible, so the UI should sit comfortably in both light and dark themes.

Font Credit

Bitshow by Syafrizal, also known as Khurasan: https://www.dafont.com/bitshow.font