DeskFellow · macOS desktop pet

Meet Felix, the little fellow on your desktop.

He wanders your screen, notices what you're working on, and pipes up with something to say. Cheeky, cozy, and completely private — DeskFellow lives in your menu bar and never phones home.

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$4.99 $6.99 Early bird
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Felix, a cartoon orange tabby in a yellow hoodie
$4.99 early bird · pay once Zero network calls Notarized & signed No account, no cloud Lives in your menu bar
It reads the room

Not just decoration — it responds to your day.

Felix watches what you're doing (locally, never the contents) and reacts in the moment. No setup, no prompts, no permissions circus.

While you work Cat typing

You type, it types along

Get in the zone and your buddy taps at its own tiny keyboard beside you.

When music plays Cat dancing

Your song? It dances

Put something on and it grooves — silently, so it never fights your audio.

In deep focus Cat purring

Heads-down, it curls up

Long focus stretch and it settles into a happy little purr in the corner.

The essentials

Alive on your desktop — out of your way.

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Wanders & perches

Strolls across your screen, hops between displays, and naps where it lands. Drag it anywhere.

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Speech bubbles

Pipes up about the app you're in, the time of day, or nothing at all — never steals your typing focus.

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A tiny voice

Little cartoon-cat sounds for its moods — off by default, opt-in, and hushed in meetings.

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Private by design

Zero network calls. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Developer-ID signed & notarized.

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Yours to name & tune

Call him Felix or rename him to anything, set how chatty he is, launch at login. One cozy menu-bar app, no Dock clutter.

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Reads the room

Sharing your screen or on a call? It goes quiet automatically and just keeps you company.

Sixteen little moods

One cat, a whole range of feelings.

From happy to grumpy, sleepy to hyped — it cycles through a full set of expressions as your day goes on.

The best part

Caught in the act.

Lock your Mac and step away. Come back a few minutes later and — every so often — you'll catch your buddy red-pawed, doing something it definitely wasn't supposed to.

Cat caught snackingSneaking a snack"…this isn't what it looks like."
Cat caught dancingBusting a moveThought nobody was watching.
Cat caught blowing bubblegumBlowing bubblegumRare, random, always a treat.
Pay once, keep forever

Grab it at the launch price.

Early bird · launch price
$4.99 $6.99
one-time · no subscription, ever
  • The full app — every mood, sound & surprise
  • All v1 updates included
  • No account, no cloud, no tracking
  • macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Download for macOS
Free to download · a one-time license unlocks it for good
Good to know

Questions, answered.

Does it phone home or track me?
No. DeskFellow makes zero network calls — no account, no cloud, no analytics. Everything Felix does happens on your Mac. It's Developer-ID signed and notarized by Apple.
How does it "notice" what I'm doing?
It reads lightweight local signals — which app is in front, whether you're typing, if your Mac is locked, if music is playing — never the contents of anything. No screen recording, no keylogging, no special permissions.
What's the price — and the early-bird deal?
It's a one-time $6.99, dropping to $4.99 for early birds at launch. Pay once and it's yours — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no upsells.
Will it get in my way while I work?
It's built to stay out of the way: it never steals typing focus, hides on fullscreen apps, and goes silent during screen-sharing and calls. Set it as chatty or as quiet as you like.
Who's Felix? Can I rename him?
Felix is your DeskFellow — a chunky orange tabby in a yellow hoodie. Not a Felix person? Rename him to anything you like in a click. (A dog's in the works, too.)
What do I need to run it?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. It's a tiny menu-bar app — no Dock icon, no clutter.

Your desktop's about to get friendlier.

One quick $4.99 at launch — yours to keep, no subscriptions, ever.

Download for macOS
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Developer ID signed & notarized