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Pet Gatekeeper
Turn your pet into a doomscroll blocker.
Unlike screen-time blockers that punish you with friction, Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet — not stock animation. Generate it on our site from one photo, install the Chrome extension to guard your feeds, and add the Win/Mac desktop app if you want coverage beyond the browser. First digital-wellness tool using personal emotional attachment instead of guilt, willpower, or hard blocks. Multi-pet cloud library, synced across every screen.
I built Pet Gatekeeper because every screen-time app I've tried felt like punishment. Hard blockers made me angry. Timers made me cheat. Streak apps made me anxious.
So I flipped the idea: what if the thing that interrupts my scroll is something I actually love?
Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet when you've been scrolling too long on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. Not a stranger's cat. Not a stock animation. Your pet.
Credit where it's due — the spark came from @konekone2026's Cat Gatekeeper, a lovely extension that uses cat videos to interrupt doomscrolls. Pet Gatekeeper takes it one step further: anyone can use their OWN pet, not a fixed cast.
2. We animate it into a short looping "gatekeeper" — saved to your cloud library
3. Install the Chrome extension and your pet starts guarding your feeds
Want coverage beyond the browser? We also ship Windows & Mac desktop apps that gatekeep system-wide — so your pet shows up whether you're doomscrolling X in Chrome, in the X desktop app, or anywhere else on your machine. One pet, every screen.
Why I think this works better than blockers:
• Positive friction instead of frustration
• You can't ignore your own pet the way you ignore a popup
• Works WITH your dopamine system instead of fighting it
Free to try. I'd love your feedback — especially:
→ What pets should we support next? (Bunny? Bird? Lizard?)
→ Which sites/apps should we gatekeep by default?
Thanks for checking it out — and give your pet a treat from me 🐾
About Pet Gatekeeper on Product Hunt
“Turn your pet into a doomscroll blocker. ”
Pet Gatekeeper was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Unlike screen-time blockers that punish you with friction, Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet — not stock animation. Generate it on our site from one photo, install the Chrome extension to guard your feeds, and add the Win/Mac desktop app if you want coverage beyond the browser. First digital-wellness tool using personal emotional attachment instead of guilt, willpower, or hard blocks. Multi-pet cloud library, synced across every screen.
On the analytics side, Pet Gatekeeper competes within Chrome Extensions, Productivity and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Pet Gatekeeper performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Pet Gatekeeper?
Pet Gatekeeper was hunted by shiqi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Pet Gatekeeper including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
shiqi
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Pet Gatekeeper because every screen-time app I've tried felt like punishment. Hard blockers made me angry. Timers made me cheat. Streak apps made me anxious.
So I flipped the idea: what if the thing that interrupts my scroll is something I actually love?
Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet when you've been scrolling too long on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. Not a stranger's cat. Not a stock animation. Your pet.
Credit where it's due — the spark came from @konekone2026's Cat Gatekeeper, a lovely extension that uses cat videos to interrupt doomscrolls. Pet Gatekeeper takes it one step further: anyone can use their OWN pet, not a fixed cast.
How it works:
1. Visit petgatekeeper.com and upload one photo of your pet
2. We animate it into a short looping "gatekeeper" — saved to your cloud library
3. Install the Chrome extension and your pet starts guarding your feeds
Want coverage beyond the browser? We also ship Windows & Mac desktop apps that gatekeep system-wide — so your pet shows up whether you're doomscrolling X in Chrome, in the X desktop app, or anywhere else on your machine. One pet, every screen.
Why I think this works better than blockers:
• Positive friction instead of frustration
• You can't ignore your own pet the way you ignore a popup
• Works WITH your dopamine system instead of fighting it
Free to try. I'd love your feedback — especially:
→ What pets should we support next? (Bunny? Bird? Lizard?)
→ Which sites/apps should we gatekeep by default?
Thanks for checking it out — and give your pet a treat from me 🐾