Meet Kubito, your coding companion that brings joy to your development workspace!
- 🤖 Walks Around: Kubito walks back and forth in your Explorer
- 🦘 Autonomous Fun: Kubito waves, talks and pauses randomly
- 🎮 Interactive: Click to make Kubito jump, or grab and throw him with realistic gravity, bounce, and momentum across your screen!
- 💬 Smart Messages: Context-aware messages that adapt to time and day (Monday Blues, Friday Feeling, Working Late)
- 📁 Development Reactions: Kubito reacts to your coding activities - file saves, Git commits, and pushes
- 📊 Productivity Tracking: Smart reminders for breaks and water, plus coding metrics to track your productivity
- 🏆 Coding Metrics: Track lines of code, session time, and get productivity insights
- 🌍 14 Languages: Multilingual support for a global audience
- Install → Search "Kubito" in VS Code Extensions and click Install
- Find Him → Look for "Kubito" section in your Explorer sidebar (left panel)
- Expand & Watch → Click to expand if collapsed and watch Kubito start walking
- Code: Kubito reacts to your development workflow - save files, commit, or push to Git and see his responses!
| Action | What Happens |
|---|---|
| 👀 Hover over him | See a nice glow effect |
| 🖱️ Click on him | Make Kubito jump! |
| 🎯 Drag & Drop | Grab and throw Kubito anywhere - he'll fall with physics! |
| ⏰ Watch and wait | Kubito autonomously walks, pauses, and jumps |
| 💾 Save a file | Kubito shows reassuring save reactions |
| ✅ Git commit | Kubito celebrates your commits with messages |
| 🚀 Git push | Kubito cheers when you push your code! |
| 💧 Productivity | Kubito reminds you to take breaks, drink water |
| 📊 View Metrics | Use "Kubito: Show Productivity Metrics" command |
| 🌍 Change language | Messages adapt to your preferred language |
| 📁 Expand/Collapse | Control Kubito's section like any sidebar panel |
Access in: Settings > Extensions > Kubito
- Auto Show → Automatically show Kubito when opening VS Code (default: on)
- Language → Choose from 14 languages or auto-detect from VS Code (default: auto)
- Contextual Messages → Show time and day-appropriate messages (default: on)
Configure Kubito's responses to your development activities:
- File Save Reactions → Show reactions when saving files (default: on)
- Git Commit Reactions → Show reactions when making Git commits (default: on)
- Git Push Reactions → Show reactions when pushing to Git remotes (default: on)
Enhance your coding workflow with intelligent reminders and metrics:
- Smart Reminders → Enable break, water, and posture reminders (default: on)
- Break Interval → Minutes between break reminders (15-120) (default: 30)
- Water Interval → Minutes between water reminders (20-180) (default: 45)
- Show Metrics → Display coding metrics like lines written and session time (default: on)
- Metrics Interval → Minutes between metrics updates (30-300) (default: 60)
Kubito speaks your language! All messages, reminders, and productivity features are fully localized in:
- 🇪🇸 Spanish (Español) - Native support
- 🇺🇸 English - Native support
- 🇫🇷 French (Français) - Native support
- 🇩🇪 German (Deutsch) - Native support
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese (Português) - Native support
- 🇮🇹 Italian (Italiano) - Native support
- 🇳🇱 Dutch (Nederlands) - Native support
- 🇯🇵 Japanese (日本語) - Full localization
- 🇰🇷 Korean (한국어) - Full localization
- 🇨🇳 Chinese Simplified (中文简体) - Full localization
- 🇷🇺 Russian (Русский) - Full localization
- 🇵🇱 Polish (Polski) - Full localization
- 🇸🇦 Arabic (العربية) - Full localization (RTL supported)
- 🇹🇷 Turkish (Türkçe) - Full localization
Kubito automatically detects your VS Code language setting, or you can manually select your preferred language in the extension settings.
- Can't see Kubito? Make sure your Explorer panel is open (folder icon in sidebar)
- Section collapsed? Click the arrow next to "Kubito" to expand
- Want more space? You can resize the Explorer panel by dragging its edge
- Want to see event reactions? Try saving a file or making a Git commit - Kubito will celebrate with you!
- Too many reactions? You can disable file save, commit, or push reactions in Settings → Extensions → Kubito
Found a bug or have a suggestion? Reach out to us at kubit@opendigitalservices.com
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Inspired by the VS Code Pets extension and the need for a personal Kubito while coding!
Made with ❤️ by the Kubit team.