Petabytes

Small companions with a big appetite. A pet lives in a Petabytes panel in your Explorer and reacts to what you're doing. Pick a sea creature from the Tide set, a pet from the Home set, a Snack, a pixel character from the Games set, or a desk Gadget: Shelly the sea turtle, Bloop the jellyfish, Inky the octopus, Pinchy the crab, Puff the pufferfish, Blue the whale, Clem the clownfish, Sandy the seahorse, Finn the shark, Splash the dolphin, Angie the angelfish, Indigo the blue tang, Biscuit the golden retriever, Loopee the German Spitz, Byte the cat, Clover the bunny, Nugget the hamster, Patty the burger, Nori the sushi, Pepe the pizza, Sprinkles the donut, Tuesday the taco, Squish the slime, Boo the ghost, Sir Pix the knight, Bolt the robot, Lappy the laptop, Joy the controller, Java the coffee mug, Quackers the rubber duck, Spike the cactus, Floppy the floppy disk, Click the mouse, Beats the headphones or Post the sticky note.

A pet swimming faster while you type, celebrating a fix, hiding from failed tests, eating and napping

Pepe the pizza in the Petabytes panel, eating a curly brace

All sixteen pets

Typing: swims faster
Saving: does a happy loop and blows bubbles
New errors in the open file: looks worried, and hides when several appear at once (Inky inks, Puff puffs up)
All errors fixed: celebrates
Tasks: cheers when one passes, hides when one fails
Debugging: brings out a magnifying glass
Switching files: looks around
Pauses: now and then it does something on its own: a spin, the zoomies, a hum, a passing thought (not on a low battery)
Away for 3 minutes: naps
Running the app, builds, tests: "It's alive!", "Compiling, hold on.", "Fingers crossed!"
The terminal: notices when you open it, and reacts to git push, installs, tests and risky commands like rm -rf
Copilot: notices AI edits and big blocks of code appearing at once
Claude Code: with the Petabytes add-on for Claude Code, reacts to what Claude is doing: curious when it reads, excited when it edits, fingers crossed for tests, "Done!" when it finishes
Commits and branches: celebrates a commit, notices a new branch
Late nights, mornings, long sessions: says so, and suggests a stretch
Clicked / double-clicked: does a spin / shows hearts

Feed it: click the ♥ on the panel (or Petabytes: Feed Pet) and a { }, [ ], ( ), < > or ; sinks down for your pet to eat. Every 20th { you type drops a crumb too.

Pets reacting to typing, fixed errors, a new error, failed tests, debugging and being left alone

Choose, show or hide

Command Palette → Petabytes: Choose Pet (a picker with a tab per set), Feed Pet, Toggle Pet, Show Pet or Hide Pet
The buttons on the panel's title bar
The settings below

Settings

Setting	Default
`petabytes.enabled`	`true`	Show the pet in the Explorer
`petabytes.pet`	`"turtle"`	`turtle`, `jellyfish`, `octopus`, `crab`, `pufferfish`, `whale`, `clownfish`, `seahorse`, `shark`, `dolphin`, `angelfish`, `tang`, `retriever`, `spitz`, `cat`, `bunny`, `hamster`, `burger`, `sushi`, `pizza`, `donut`, `taco`, `slime`, `ghost`, `knight`, `robot`, `laptop`, `controller`, `mug`, `duck`, `cactus`, `floppy`, `mouse`, `headphones` or `sticky`
`petabytes.name`	`""`	Your pet's name; empty for its own (Shelly, Bloop, Inky, Pinchy, Puff, Blue, Clem, Sandy, Finn, Splash, Angie, Indigo, Biscuit, Loopee, Byte, Clover, Nugget, Patty, Nori, Pepe, Sprinkles, Tuesday, Squish, Boo, Sir Pix, Bolt, Lappy, Joy, Java, Quackers, Spike, Floppy, Click, Beats or Post)

Works with any theme. In JetBrains IDEs the pet swims along the editor's right edge.

There's also a Mac app whose pet walks along your Dock and reacts to your Mac (the app in front, battery, Wi-Fi, screenshots). It's separate: it can't see your code, so keep this extension for that.

Support

Petabytes is free. If it makes you smile while you code, you can buy me a coffee ☕

License

MIT. Built by Chelayel. Source: github.com/Chelayel/petabytes.