A Smol friend for your browser
A cat lives at the edge of your browser.
Now and then it wanders in, blinks at you, and goes again. You can give it a little attention, or leave it to whatever it was doing.
Free to adopt · No account · No personal data
Meet the cats
Five Smol cats, looking for a browser to call home.
Choose a favourite, or let a few of them wander around together.
Mochi
Round, calm and very content. Blinks slowly, as if everything is going to be alright.
Noodle
Long, low and curious. Usually the first to peek in and see what you’re up to.
Biscuit
A proper chonk. Sits down at the first chance and takes grooming very seriously.
Tux
Dressed for the occasion, always. Holds a pose as if someone might take a photo.
Patches
A little scruffy and always mid-thought. Ears twitch at things only they can hear.
What they do
Little visits, now and then.
Nothing you need to respond to. Just a small, unexpected bit of company while you get on with your day.
A peek and a slow blink
They lean around the edge of your screen and give you a slow blink, the way cats do when they like you.
A stroll and a wash
Sometimes they wander along the bottom, stop, and carefully wash a paw before carrying on.
A little fuss
Give them a click for a happy chirp, a contented squint and a few hearts.
Come when called
Fancy some company? Ring the bell to invite one over, or put out treats and watch them trot in.
Never in the way
Sometimes you need a cat. Sometimes you don’t.
Smol cats know when to give you a little space.
- ✓As often as you likeNow and then, quite often, or not at all.
- ✓Quiet hoursTell them when you’d rather be left in peace.
- ✓Paws off your workGive a cat a click. Whatever you’re doing carries on as usual.
- ✓They read the roomNo visits while you type, on video calls or in full screen.
- ✓Escape, and off they goPress Esc and they’re quietly on their way.
- ✓Cat-free zonesKeep any site cat-free with a single switch.
Adopt
Adopt a Smol cat.
They’re living happily on Chrome today, and getting ready to move into a few more homes.
Browsers
Desktop
Code editors
Questions
Things people ask.
Why don’t the cats visit some pages?
Browsers keep their own pages, like settings, the New Tab page and the extension store, off-limits to every extension. Anywhere else on the web, the cats are free to wander in.
Will they slow my browser down?
Not at all. Nothing runs until a cat actually visits, and each visit only lasts a few seconds.
What if I’d like fewer visits, or none?
Open Smol Cat from the toolbar and choose Rare, or turn visits off. You can also set quiet hours, keep a site cat-free, or press Esc to send a cat quietly on its way.
Can I choose which cats visit?
Of course. Pick your favourites in the toolbar menu, and choose whether one, two or three come by.
How much does it cost to adopt one?
Nothing at all. No ads, no account and nothing to buy.
What does Smol Cat collect?
No personal information. To help the cats get better, it sends an anonymous weekly summary of how they’re used, which you can switch off in Settings. The privacy policy has all the details.