A Tamagotchi for your desktop, terminal, and AI agents
Inspired by the 1996 Tamagotchi, now programmable by AI agents. Care for your pet via desktop, terminal, or MCP. Desktop: pixel LCD UI with clickable icons, system tray, background ticks, notifications, always on top so your pet stays visible. Terminal: standalone or connected client, single binary, zero dependencies. AI Agent: MCP server lets agents feed, play, and care for your pet with per action permissions and rate limits.
tama96 bundles an MCP server that AI tools can connect to, with configurable per-action permissions and rate limits, allowing AI agents to feed, play with, and care for the pet while maintaining safety controls.
tama96 is open-source on GitHub with full documentation of its real-time lifecycle, hunger/happiness decay, sickness logic, 11-character evolution matrix, and discipline system, enabling developers to learn from or extend the codebase.
tama96 provides a pixel-perfect 1996 Tamagotchi P1 emulation with real-time lifecycle simulation, evolution mechanics, and care gameplay (feeding, playing, discipline, cleaning) that runs as a desktop app with system tray integration and always-on-top display.
tama96 offers a standalone terminal UI (TUI) with Braille pixel sprites, keyboard shortcuts, and zero dependencies that runs as a single binary, allowing developers and terminal users to care for their pet without leaving the command line.