Chotu Pet 🐾

Meet Chotu — your tiny pixel companion who lives in the corner of every webpage you visit! 🐾

Chotu is not just a pet. He is a reflection of how you browse the web. Visit new sites to feed him. Keep him happy. Watch him grow. Neglect him and he gets hungry, sad, and eventually very angry. Take care of him every day and he will evolve into something legendary.

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🌐 HOW CHOTU WORKS
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Every time you visit a new website today, Chotu gets fed. His hunger and happiness go up. He earns XP. You earn a streak.

Stop browsing for a while — Chotu falls asleep in the corner.
Let him starve — he gets sad, then angry.
Build a 7-day streak — bonus XP reward.
Hit XP milestones — Chotu evolves to the next stage.

It turns your normal browsing into a little game you never have to think about.

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🐣 5 EVOLUTION STAGES
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Stage 1 — Void Egg 🥚
Mysterious. Barely alive. A glowing outline waiting to hatch.

Stage 2 — Hatchling 🐣
Tiny, fragile, baby sounds. Keep feeding him.

Stage 3 — Pixel 🐱
Full kawaii form. Ears, blush, expressions. This is Chotu's main form.

Stage 4 — Prism ✨
Slightly larger. Wing nubs appear. Chromatic glow edges.

Stage 5 — Legendary 👑
Crown. Particle halo. Continuous sparkle trail. Pure chaos energy.

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🎨 FEATURES
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✅ Pixel art pet on every webpage — stays in corner, never blocks content
✅ Hunger, happiness, and energy stats that actually change
✅ 5 evolution stages with unique visuals and animations
✅ 9 unlockable skins — Void, Aurora, Ember, Prism, Nebula, Crystal, Obsidian, Solaris, and one secret
✅ Sound effects on every interaction — feed, click, level up, sleep, evolve
✅ Speech bubbles that react to what Chotu is feeling
✅ Popup dashboard — full stats, XP bar, streak count, skin picker
✅ Rename Chotu whatever you want
✅ Daily streak tracking with milestone rewards
✅ Adjustable size — XS to XL
✅ Position anywhere — all 4 corners
✅ Site blacklist — hide Chotu on specific sites
✅ Reduces motion mode for accessibility
✅ Dark page and light page adaptive glow

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🔒 PRIVACY — ZERO TRACKING
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Chotu stores everything locally on your device using Chrome's built-in storage. Nothing is ever sent to any server. No accounts. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. No data collection of any kind.

The only permissions used:
- storage — saves Chotu's stats and your settings on your device only
- tabs — detects new site visits so Chotu can be fed (no URLs stored)

That is it. Two permissions. Both 100% local.

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🛠️ BUILT WITH
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React 19 · Vite 6 · TypeScript · GSAP animations · Web Audio API · Chrome MV3

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💬 FROM THE DEVELOPER
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I built Chotu because I wanted a tiny piece of joy living in my browser. Something that makes me smile when I open a new tab or land on a boring page. I hope Chotu does the same for you.

If Chotu makes you happy — leave a review. If something breaks — open an issue on GitHub. Chotu appreciates both equally.

Made with ❤️ by Ankit Raminwar
Source code: https://github.com/ankitraminwar/chotu-pet