Desktop fork (Tauri) — would you be open to a chat?

Hi Pablo,

First — thanks for pixel-agents. The idea of seeing my Claude Code agents as pixel characters made me smile, and then it made me build stuff.

What I did

I forked your project and turned it into a standalone Windows desktop app using Tauri v2, so it runs without VS Code:

https://github.com/santino18727-debug/pixel-agents-desktop First public release: v0.1.0

Your authorship is credited in the README, in a dedicated LICENSE-UPSTREAM file, and in headers of derived files. If anything about the attribution feels off to you, tell me and I'll fix it immediately.

What's in it

• Native Windows app (Tauri + Rust backend, ~5 MB installer)
• Pet Mode — always-on-top mini window with one agent
• Token health bar above each character
• System tray, global hotkey, native notifications
• Claude Code Hooks integration via local HTTP endpoint
• Custom sprite packs from ~/.pixel-agents/sprites/
• 34 Rust tests, clean clippy, CSP-locked WebView

Why I'm reaching out

I'd rather not maintain this as a silent fork forever. Three options I see, ordered by what I'd prefer:

1. Upstream contribution — I open PRs against your repo so the desktop build becomes an official variant.
2. Co-maintained sibling repo — pixel-agents-desktop lives under your org or as a clearly-marked companion repo, with you having the final say.
3. Independent fork with attribution (current state) — if you'd rather stay focused on the VS Code extension.

Whichever you pick is fine. It's your project.

If you have 15 minutes for a call (or just an async exchange here), I'd love to show you what it looks like and hear what you think.

— Eric