Meowter

Pixel-art cats take over your editor when it's time for a break.

Meowter: two cats face off, hiss and fight in a dust cloud, while a third climbs the side of the editor and a fourth jumps across the code

What it does

Counts only the time you are actively using the editor, shared across all your windows.
When the break is due, small pixel cats play on top of your code. They never block typing or clicking.
Click 🐱 I took a break ⏸ in the status bar (or the notification) to send them away and restart the timer.
If no editor is open, the cats play in a tab instead.
Works in VS Code and Cursor.

Cat styles

Style	What the cat does
Wanderer	Walks, runs, sits, sleeps and swipes along the floor.
Climber	Climbs the side edges, hangs and grabs, then comes down.
Bouncer	Bounces in big arcs across the middle.
Yarn chaser	Chases and bats a ball of yarn.
Fighters	A pair that squares up, hisses and brawls in a dust cloud.

Cats are dealt out to the enabled styles in turn, so the default 6 cats are one of each style. Fighters always take two cats, so a pair appears from 6 cats.

Settings

Setting	Default	Meaning
`meowter.breakIntervalMinutes`	50	Minutes of active use before a break.
`meowter.idleThresholdMinutes`	5	Minutes without input after which time stops counting.
`meowter.catCount`	6	Cats per editor (2 to 30).
`meowter.styles`	all on	Turn each style on or off: `wanderer`, `climber`, `bouncer`, `yarnChaser`, `fighters`.

Command: Meowter: Set Break Interval.

Known limitations

Cats move with the text when you scroll sideways.
Very long lines can make the cats' area narrower than the editor.

Development

npm ci
npm run compile
npm test
npx vsce package

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

Meowter: Cat Breaks

Venkatesh Kamat