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Pet running on a 32×32 LED panel
32×32 · Baked loopreal render
PetsBaked loop

Pet

A pixel pet or character that lives on the panel: wanders, naps, snacks and dances to music.

At a glance

OutputBaked loopRendered once into a GIF that the panel loops with its own firmware: perfectly smooth, no Bluetooth traffic.
Settings13every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings
Sourcepets.pysrc/deskdot/apps/pets.py

Settings

Settings
SettingTypeDefaultOptions / range
General
CharactercharacterchoiceClawd
ClawdClawd MiniShibaPugHuskyDachshundGolden RetrieverCorgiOrange TabbyBlack CatCalicoSiameseGrey KittenBunnyHamsterPandaPenguinFrogDucklingAxolotlFoxCapybaraVolt MouseEmber LizardBubble TurtleSprout ToadGrin GhostPuffDrakeKnightArcherBarbarianGiantGoblinWizardSkeletonMech KnightKingPrincessBR SoldierCT OperatorTerroristAgent DuelistSniperMad ScientistNervous TeenCrayon KidChem TeacherHazmat PartnerMasked VigilanteKung-Fu ChauffeurFootballerGoalkeeper
AnimationanimationchoiceAlive (auto behaviour)
Alive (auto behaviour)IdleWalkRunJumpDanceSleepSitEatHappySadWaveKickWorkThinkShootReloadCrouchAttackCast
SizescalechoiceLarge (2x)
SmallLarge (2x)
ScenescenechoiceNone
NoneMeadowCosy roomNight skyBeachSpaceStageSnow
AccessoryaccessorychoiceNone
NoneCapBeanieCrownParty hatHeadphonesSunglassesHaloBowScarfHelmetWizard hatSanta hat
Speedspeednumber1.00.25 – 3.0
Face leftflipon/offOffon / off
Dance to musicmusic_syncDance on the beat when music is playing.on/offOffon / off
Name tagnametextemptyup to 10 characters
Colours
Custom coloursuse_custom_colorson/offOffon / off
Primaryprimarycolour#ff6024any colour (#rrggbb)
Secondarysecondarycolour#ffe0b4any colour (#rrggbb)
Accentaccentcolour#1e8cffany colour (#rrggbb)

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)
$ uv run deskdot preview pet --settings '{"character":"claude_mini"}' --out pet.png
show it on your panel (engine running)
$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/pet/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Pet on my panel”. It calls show_app with "pet". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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