Overview / Description
Clawd is a Chrome extension that adds a context-aware browser pet, a desktop-mascot companion that crawls across your browser and reacts to what you're reading, all powered by 100% local offline AI. It revives the 90s Shimeji desktop-pet idea with modern on-device intelligence: sentiment analysis and chat run entirely on-device using Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano and ONNX Runtime, so no browsing data is transmitted off your machine. The mascot reads page titles and meta descriptions to understand your activity, and you can talk to it by voice or text using selectable personas such as Sarcastic, Gen Z, or Encouraging. Over 140 unlockable animations and an XP progression system reward time spent browsing with new cosmetics. Practical modes keep it out of the way: Focus Mode silences it, Ghost Mode fades its opacity while you type, and Performance Mode caps the physics to save battery. Clawd is aimed at people who live in the browser and want a privacy-first companion with personality. It is a novelty productivity companion rather than a work tool, and it currently runs only inside Chrome.
Used For
Adding a privacy-first, locally-run animated AI companion to the Chrome browser
Pricing
Pros & Cons
Pros
- 100% on-device AI using Chrome's Gemini Nano and ONNX Runtime; no data sent off-device
- Voice or text chat with selectable personas (Sarcastic, Gen Z, Encouraging)
- 140+ unlockable animations and an XP progression system
- Focus, Ghost, and Performance modes to limit distraction and battery use
Cons
- Chrome-only; no support for other browsers
- A novelty companion rather than a productivity or work tool
- On-device AI depends on Chrome's Gemini Nano availability and device capability
Questions & Answers
Alternatives
Shimeji-ee, Desktop Goose, Bonzi-style desktop pets