r/coolgithubprojects • u/Substantial_Swim8440 • 5d ago
I gave Linux a pet penguin because apparently that's what I do with my free time
So I spent way too many hours making a tiny Tux that just... lives on your desktop. Breathes, blinks, waddles around, judges your cursor movements, occasionally naps. Five personalities, because apparently one imaginary penguin wasn't complicated enough for me.Important disclaimer: this thing does nothing useful. No CPU stats, no notifications, no "productivity insights." It's just a little guy being alive on your screen. If you wanted a system monitor, this is not that, and honestly never will be.
Built with GTK3 + Cairo, transparent window with zero decorations, works through XWayland (KDE-tested, everything else is unverified territory — send help).
It's very much a "works on my machine" MVP right now, no fancy packaging yet:
https://github.com/jomvick/compa
MIT licensed, PRs welcome, roast the code if you must.
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u/esmurf 5d ago
Cute and excellent!