Smart Cat
A cat that lives in a key.
Smart Cat is a cartoon cat that lives in a Stream Deck key. It breathes, blinks, purrs and naps there, is shy at first and gets to know you over the hours you spend at your Mac. Tap it, and it comes out onto your screen to explore and play. Tap again, and it comes home.
For macOS. No account, no network: everything it learns stays on your Mac.
The button turns into a link the moment Elgato publishes the listing.
Out on your screen
Every frame of this film is drawn by the plugin itself.
Never quite still
It breathes, blinks unevenly, flicks an ear, and moves from mood to mood. It feels your Mac too: hot when the processor is busy, sleepy on a low battery.
Shy at first. Then yours.
Trust grows with the hours you spend at your Mac together, never with taps. It learns when you usually sit down, and watches for you then.
Tap the key. Out it comes.
It walks the Dock, climbs your windows and naps on top of them. Clicks go straight through it, and it steps out of your way when you work nearby. A full-screen app sends it home, and so does a tap.
It plays like a cat
A ball of yarn with real physics: a crouch, a wiggle, a pounce, a swat. And if your pointer rests nearby for a while, it may come over to see it.
It lends a paw, only when you let it
A bubble on its key: tap for yes, hold for not now. One at a time, never during quiet hours, and three not-nows to the same kind stop it for good. Every helper is off until you turn it on in its settings.
Hold the key for a focus nap
It naps beside you for 25 minutes (or 15, 45 or 50), offers nothing, and then stretches and calls a break.
Your cat, your code
Six coats to choose from, and two secret ones to find. Its adoption code carries its name, looks and your time together, so a twin can live on another Mac.
On the Stream Deck Neo
The Infobar is its windowsill: its name and what it is up to, its face while it is out, or an offer in words.
Requirements
- Mac
- macOS 13 or newer.
- Stream Deck
- Any model with keys, with the Stream Deck app 7.6 or newer. The windowsill needs a Stream Deck Neo.
- Permissions
- None to start. macOS asks for Downloads or Calendars only if you turn on those helpers.
What it cannot do
- It lives on your main display.
- The Dock's width is worked out from its settings, so the cat's step off its end is close, not exact.
- Summaries and copying text from pictures were taken out for now.
Privacy
Smart Cat notices how long since you last typed or moved the mouse (never what), how busy your Mac is, and, if you turn them on, your Downloads folder and your calendar. All of it stays on your Mac: no account, no network, no analytics.
Version
v1.0.0
First release: a cat in a key with moods and trust, out on your screen with play and pointer visits, helpers you turn on, a focus nap, six coats and two secret ones, adoption codes, and a windowsill for the Stream Deck Neo.
Support
Something not working? Write to us and include:
- Your macOS and Stream Deck app versions
- Your Stream Deck model
- What the cat was doing
