DAY 0
A LITTLE LIFE FOR YOUR LOCAL PROJECTS
Small commits.
A big little
friend.
Every project starts with an egg. Keep building, and watch your own tiny T. rex grow up on Stream Deck.
Start your story ↗Local Git. One key. A companion that stays.
3 commits = 1 growth dayTiny arms. Big ambitions.
GROWS WITH YOUR WORKREST WITHOUT LOSING PROGRESSNO CLOUD ACCOUNT
YOUR PROJECT. THEIR STORY.
A little more dinosaur,
one growth day at a time.
Three eligible commits detected in one local day earn one growth day. Extra commits never rush an evolution. Days do not need to be consecutive.
DAY 1
Hello, little one
DAY 5
Finding their feet
DAY 15
Getting a little roar
DAY 30
King of the repo
MEET SPROUT
A tiny face.
A whole personality.
A greeting when you press. A little celebration when your day is complete. Sleepy eyes when it is time to settle down.
Hold for one second and release to see growth details. Turn off gentle animations whenever you prefer a quieter desk.
Adult · 30 growth days
GROW UP. KEEP DISCOVERING.
The adventure keeps going.
After adulthood, your work unlocks a little more of their world. Keep your favorites, change your look, and make the place your own.
- 30A crown fit for tiny royalty
- 40A very undignified sneeze
- 50An explorer’s scarf
- 60A prehistoric clearing
- 75A ball for those tiny arms
- 90A fresh peach palette
Take the weekend.
No streaks to maintain. No feeding schedule. Your critter keeps every growth day, even when a project takes a long rest.
A local little life.
Read-only Git checks. Local saved progress. No account, telemetry or network requests from the plugin.
A whole little family.
Assign different projects to different keys. Duplicate keys share the same companion, and each project keeps its own story.
FROM FOLDER TO FIRST EGG
Make room for
someone small.
You need Stream Deck on macOS or Windows and Git available to the Stream Deck application.
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Add Project Critter to a key.
After installing the plugin, choose an empty spot for your companion.
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Choose a local repository.
Use its working-tree root. Your existing Git history becomes the starting point.
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Name your T. rex.
The author defaults to the repository’s Git identity. Choose a theme and make it yours.
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Build something.
Three eligible commits detected today hatch your first egg. Push whenever you like; growth works locally.
A few small details.
What counts toward growth?
New normal or initial commits recorded in the watched worktree’s local HEAD reflog, matching your selected author email. Merges, amend, cherry-picks, rebases and imported history do not earn extra credits. A growth day completes at three eligible commits; partial days do not carry over.
What happens when Stream Deck is closed?
Your companion is saved locally. When the plugin runs again, eligible new commits are attributed to the day they are detected, with the same three-commit limit. Missing or unverifiable history starts a new baseline with a visible notice.
Can I use linked worktrees?
Yes. Worktrees sharing a Git common directory share one companion. The first adopted worktree is watched. You can change the observation folder explicitly; other worktrees are not automatically watched.
Does it measure productivity?
No. Growth is a playful representation of activity. Fixing a bug, deleting code and writing documentation all count equally. Git cannot tell us how valuable a change is.
What stays on my computer?
Repository paths, your selected author email, names, appearance, growth and Git observation identifiers. The plugin does not read source-file contents or send this information over the network.
