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DeskSprite
Turn your pet into a living desktop pet with AI
DeskSprite is a free desktop pet app for Windows and macOS. Your pet answers clicks, notices your cursor, sits wherever you drag it, and naps quietly while you focus. Its signature feature is the AI pet maker: upload 1-3 photos of your cat or dog and AI generates a full set of action clips that keep your pet's real look — then one click moves it onto your desktop. The app, the built-in pet and the free shop pets cost nothing; your first AI-custom pet is included with sign-up.
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Hi everyone, I'm the maker of DeskSprite 👋 The idea came from a very specific frustration: I wanted a little animated version of my own cat living on my desktop — and found out the only ways to get one were commissioning an artist ($60–90 and weeks of waiting) or spending a weekend learning sprite tools. It felt wrong that the pet already sitting in my camera roll couldn't just take the spot. So we built DeskSprite. It's a free desktop pet app: your pet reacts to clicks, notices your cursor, naps quietly while you focus. And the part we're proudest of is the AI pet maker — upload 1–3 photos of your cat or dog, and it generates a full set of action clips that keep the real face, fur color and markings. One click, and your pet moves onto your desktop. Fun behind-the-scenes fact: the hardest part wasn't generating the animations — it was keeping the pet looking like YOUR pet instead of a generic lookalike. Getting the markings right took the most iteration. We'd love your feedback, especially on two things: 1. Does the AI-generated pet actually feel like yours? 2. What interactions would you want it to have on your desktop? The app is free to start, and your first AI-custom pet is included with sign-up. Ask us anything 🐾
About DeskSprite on Product Hunt
“Turn your pet into a living desktop pet with AI”
DeskSprite was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #115 on the daily leaderboard. DeskSprite is a free desktop pet app for Windows and macOS. Your pet answers clicks, notices your cursor, sits wherever you drag it, and naps quietly while you focus. Its signature feature is the AI pet maker: upload 1-3 photos of your cat or dog and AI generates a full set of action clips that keep your pet's real look — then one click moves it onto your desktop. The app, the built-in pet and the free shop pets cost nothing; your first AI-custom pet is included with sign-up.
On the analytics side, DeskSprite competes within Dogs, Cats and Pets — topics that collectively have 13.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how DeskSprite performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
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DeskSprite was hunted by alex. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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