A Tamagotchi for your desktop, terminal, and AI agents
Inspired by the 1996 Tamagotchi, now programmable by AI agents. Care for your pet via desktop, terminal, or MCP. Desktop: pixel LCD UI with clickable icons, system tray, background ticks, notifications, always on top so your pet stays visible. Terminal: standalone or connected client, single binary, zero dependencies. AI Agent: MCP server lets agents feed, play, and care for your pet with per action permissions and rate limits.
I rebuilt Tamagotchi…but made it programmable by AI agents.
Inspired by the 1996 original Tamagotchi. Your care choices shape who your pet becomes! A virtual pet for your desktop, terminal, or AI agents.
You can monitor and care for your pet using the desktop app, terminal app, or MCP.
Desktop app - Pixel LCD display with clickable icons. System tray, background ticks, desktop notifications. Always-on-top so your pet stays visible.
Terminal app - Runs standalone or connects to the desktop app as a client. Single binary, zero dependencies.
AI Agent (like OpenClaw) - The bundled MCP server lets AI tools feed, play with, and care for your pet. Per-action permissions and rate limits keep things under control.
Created with Kiro, Rust, and Tauri. Download or clone and run your own.
About tama96 on Product Hunt
“A Tamagotchi for your desktop, terminal, and AI agents”
tama96 launched on Product Hunt on April 2nd, 2026 and earned 140 upvotes and 15 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Inspired by the 1996 Tamagotchi, now programmable by AI agents. Care for your pet via desktop, terminal, or MCP. Desktop: pixel LCD UI with clickable icons, system tray, background ticks, notifications, always on top so your pet stays visible. Terminal: standalone or connected client, single binary, zero dependencies. AI Agent: MCP server lets agents feed, play, and care for your pet with per action permissions and rate limits.
On the analytics side, tama96 competes within Free Games, Retro Games, Artificial Intelligence and GitHub — topics that collectively have 519.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how tama96 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted tama96?
tama96 was hunted by Stephen Siegert. 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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Stephen Siegert
Hi Product Hunt Community!
I rebuilt Tamagotchi…but made it programmable by AI agents.
Inspired by the 1996 original Tamagotchi. Your care choices shape who your pet becomes! A virtual pet for your desktop, terminal, or AI agents.
You can monitor and care for your pet using the desktop app, terminal app, or MCP.
Desktop app - Pixel LCD display with clickable icons. System tray, background ticks, desktop notifications. Always-on-top so your pet stays visible.
Terminal app - Runs standalone or connects to the desktop app as a client. Single binary, zero dependencies.
AI Agent (like OpenClaw) - The bundled MCP server lets AI tools feed, play with, and care for your pet. Per-action permissions and rate limits keep things under control.
Created with Kiro, Rust, and Tauri. Download or clone and run your own.