Tamamon

As a solo founder basically living in Claude Code all day, the local-only "nothing leaves your Mac" part is what sells me over another usage dashboard — a little companion growing alongside the grind beats staring at more numbers lol. Does it react differently to one long deep-work session vs a day of scattered short bursts?

Love that this one is proudly useless, that's the whole charm :) After a full day in Claude Code the last thing I want is another dashboard judging me, a little creature that just grows quietly alongside the work is a much nicer relationship with the tool. ;)The detail I like most is the one that sounds like pure flavor: it wanders home to rest when it rains or night falls. Tying growth to token activity could so easily become a "grind more, feed the pet" guilt loop, a companion that also knows when to sleep says the exact opposite. That resting is what keeps it a friend instead of a productivity nag. Respect on the honesty too, being upfront that it reflects local coding activity and not your subscription % is a real trust signal. Congrats on the launch! :)

the 'waves when a session's waiting on input' bit is the sharp part — in the local jsonl, blocked-on-a-permission-prompt and you-walked-away look identical. last event's an assistant turn either way, so the tell has to come from outside the transcript.

Congrats on the launch, Jason! I love seeing developers make coding a little more playful. Curious if you've considered letting the pet evolve based on different coding behaviors (maybe debugging, shipping, testing, open source contributions)?

I think collecting twenty pieces sounds fun and rewarding. Can I choose one favorite pet that always stays active? a favorite option would help users build a stronger connection while still collecting every species.

Jason, this hits a very specific childhood nerve for me. The idea of a tiny creature quietly growing in the corner while I work made me smile more than I expected. Cozy little thing.

Heheh love this Jason! Guessing if you're thinking on monetizing or it's just for fun. Congrats on the launch anyway and wish you all the best!

The weather-reactive behavior is such a thoughtful touch, sending your pet home when it actually rains where you live makes the little guy feel alive instead of just decorative. Love that it all stays local too.

The no-account, no-upload framing is the detail that keeps this from becoming a productivity surveillance toy. For a local Mac companion tied to coding-agent work, I would keep the user-facing promise very explicit: what signal is read, where it is stored, and how someone can back up or reset it. That trust boundary is what makes small local tools feel safe to leave running all day.

The stressful world of builders could use more of this kind of fun.

The detail that got me isn't the gacha — it's that the pet perks up and waves when a Claude Code session is waiting on your input. I usually have two or three sessions running side by side, and "which one is blocked on me" is a problem I've half-solved with terminal bells. A pixel pet doing that job ambiently is honestly better UX.Also appreciated the upfront note that it reads local coding activity, not subscription limits — that kind of honesty in a launch post is rare. Congrats on shipping, @besslframework 👌

how does it actually detect what im building with claude code, does it read the terminal output or something else

how does the gacha decide which species you get, is it truly random or does claude code usage somehow influence your pulls?

The real-time weather reactions are such a thoughtful touch — having your pet actually go home when it rains makes the whole thing feel alive instead of just decorative. Love that nothing leaves the Mac.

Hi everyone 👋 I'm the solo maker behind Tamamon.

I live in Claude Code all day, and I wanted something on my screen that grew alongside the work — a small companion instead of another dashboard. So Tamamon starts as an egg, and the more you build with Claude Code, the more it hatches, grows, and evolves.

A few honest notes, because I want to get this right:
- It grows from your local Claude Code coding activity on your Mac (token-based). The little HUD shows today + this week of that activity, plus live CPU and Memory.
- It does NOT show your Claude subscription session or weekly limit %. People sometimes assume that, so I want to be upfront: it reflects your local coding activity, not your account status.
- Everything stays on your Mac. No account, no sign-in, no tracking, nothing uploaded.

Beyond the growth loop: there are 20 species to collect via a weekly gacha (each with evolved forms and quirks), you can feed and play with it (ball, bubbles), decorate its habitat, and it reacts to time and weather — when it rains or night falls, it wanders home to rest.

It's early beta, free, macOS 15+ Apple Silicon (signed + notarized). Download is on GitHub Releases; there's a Ko-fi if you'd like to help me keep drawing pixels.

Website: https://tamamons.com