Taskbar Buddy
A downloadable game for Windows
Make Your Desktop-Pet
Here’s how it works:
Take a GIF of a cat, meme , or even your own art
Add it to the app(from plus icon) and turn it into a pet that lives and moves on your taskbar
Customize it
- size & speed
- you can make a stay in place pet(not moving)
- hide when playing full screen games(or apps).
- Add as many pets as you like — Each pet with its own unique settings, letting you fully customize your experience.
- Sort pets into folders
The whole idea is simple, silly, and super customizable.
I hope you’ll love it as early testers had!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Add multiple pets to your taskbar updateMay 27, 2025
- TaskbarBuddy 1.32V – Organize, Customize, and Pet-ify EverythingMay 08, 2025
- The Ultimate Taskbar Evolution – presented by desktop petMar 07, 2025
- FREE Taskbar Pet from Any GIF – Try the Demo Now!Mar 01, 2025
- Taskbar buddy hit v 1.0 🥳so it is free for the next 24hoursFeb 15, 2025
- TaskbarBuddy v0.5 – Bug Fixes for Smoother Experience!Feb 08, 2025
Comments
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Hello! I have an issue
Whenever the pet is visible, wallpaper engine stops working properly. The animated wallpaper stops and freezes. Whenever i hide the pet, it works again. Can this be fixed?
Sorry i don't have wallpaper engine on my pc so I can't fix this issue.
You can ask itch.io for a refined if you like
This app is awesome, totally worth buying!
How to completely uninstall Taskbar Buddy?
You can uninstall it either from windows settings apps than search for it and uninstall
Or manually go to program files then search for Taskbarbuddy and delete the folder or click on uninstall icon in the folder
can u make a version for Mac because I'm wanna download ur app that I saw from your YouTube video pls I beg of u
Unfortunately, I can’t make a Mac version since the framework I’m using only works on Windows. Sorry about that, and I hope you have a great day!
Yo. I downloaded your game however after i set it up i cannot open the application again. Every time I click on it it says "application is already running. Check the tryclon" I want to switch gifs however I'm kind of stuck. You know what to do here?
Never mind. Sorry to disturb you :)
Hope you enjoy it
Have a good day
This seems like its gonna be really, really cool. My only issue is that the pet is always moving. It would be sick if there was an option to add a standing sprite, and the pet will "wander around", occasionally stopping to stand - kinda like shemiji's
Yeah, that would definitely be a cool feature! I thought about adding something like that, but it would make things more complex — I'd need to ask users to provide two separate GIFs: one for walking and one for standing.
For now, I’m keeping it simple so it’s easier for everyone to use. But maybe I’ll revisit the idea later if enough people want it!
This is the cutest thing ever, as soon as I saw your post on itchio's reddit page I downloaded it. I used the ducky; his name is Bobby Duck. (:
Cool name and thanks for the download :D