A pixel-art pet that lives on your taskbar.

Clawd wanders around, waves, dances, codes on a tiny laptop, naps and does backflips, and it plays ping pong, badminton and chess with you. A fan-made project, not affiliated with Anthropic.

Windows 10 / 11
Runs at your monitor’s refresh rate
MIT

What the setup does

Run the downloaded file and follow the wizard.

Installs Clawd for your account, with no admin prompt, and adds it to the Start menu.
Optional: a desktop shortcut, and starting Clawd when you sign in.
Uninstall any time from Settings → Apps.

Other ways to install

No install

Prefer a single file? Grab clawd.exe from the latest release and double-click it.

Build from source

cargo build --release

What it does

From the project’s README.

Drag and throw

Pick it up and let go mid-swing to throw it. It bounces off the screen edges.

Click and tickle

A click makes it hop with a heart; click again mid-hop for a backflip. Wiggle the cursor over it and it giggles.

Ping pong

On a table a quarter of your screen; your paddle follows the mouse. First to 5. Esc stops.

Badminton

The net stands on your taskbar. Swing through the shuttlecock for power. First to 7.

Chess

You play white, Clawd thinks on its laptop. Full rules: castling, en passant and draws.

Right-click menu

Games, tricks, nap, wander on or off, and quit.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11.