Clawd on Desk is a desktop pet application that monitors AI coding agents in real time.
The tool solves the problem of tracking long-running AI coding tasks by placing an animated character on your desktop that reflects the agent's current activity. The pet cycles through distinct states—sleeping when idle, thinking while the model reads your codebase, typing as tools execute, grooving or juggling when multiple subagents run in parallel, displaying permission bubbles for authorization requests, and celebrating when tasks complete. This visual feedback lets you step away from your screen and return only when the agent signals completion, eliminating the need to manually check progress.
The project suits developers who regularly use AI coding agents and want ambient awareness of task progress without constant monitoring. It works across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and integrates with a broad range of AI coding tools including Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Codex, and numerous others. The tool ships with three built-in themes—a pixel crab, a calico cat, and a cloud character—and supports custom themes plus imported animation packs from Codex Pet, giving users flexibility in appearance.
Development activity shows consistent engagement with the community through multilingual support, with translations available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, and an open invitation for additional language contributions via pull requests. The project maintains active platform support across three major operating systems with architecture-specific installers for Windows. The codebase is written in JavaScript and built with Electron, indicating a focus on cross-platform desktop compatibility.
