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Jiji Cat

Jiji Cat

John Baumgarth

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5 installs
| (0) | Free
A small pixel-art black cat that lives in your panel and reacts to your coding.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Jiji Cat

Hi Gabi!

Features

  • A pixel-art black cat that sits, blinks, flicks its tail, and wanders around on its own.
  • Hops when you save a file.
  • Gets grumpy while there are errors in the Problems panel, and cheers up when they are gone.
  • Stretches when you switch files.
  • Curls up and sleeps when you step away, and wakes when you come back.
  • Purrs when you click it.
  • Chases and pounces on a ball when you click anywhere else in the view.
  • Lives wherever you want: the bottom panel, a section in the Explorer, or its own sidebar.
  • Four sizes, from nano to large, and it shrinks further on its own rather than getting cut off.
  • Backgrounds to sit in front of: a starry night sky, a pine forest, or a message with hearts.
  • Stays visible on dark themes, and holds still if your system asks for reduced motion.

Commands

Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and type:

Command What it does
Jiji Cat: Change Background Picks a background from a list
Jiji Cat: Focus on Jiji Cat View Opens the cat wherever it currently lives
Preferences: Open Settings then search Jiji Cat Changes any setting below

Settings

Setting Default What it does
jijiCat.position panel Where the cat lives: panel, explorer or sidebar
jijiCat.size small How big the cat is drawn: nano, small, medium or large
jijiCat.background none Scenery behind the cat: none, night, forest or gabi
jijiCat.sleepAfterMinutes 1 Minutes without editor activity before the cat falls asleep
jijiCat.reactToErrors true Whether errors make the cat grumpy
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