doomscroll diaries@scrollbrain · 2m
5 hours into doomscroll mode, eyes glazed, no idea what i've even read.
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Free to install · Local-first, no tracking
Pet Gatekeeper
your pet, blocking your doomscroll.
Your own cat or dog hijacks your screen when X, TikTok or Reddit has kept you too long. Make your pet now — it works in the desktop app and the browser extension.
- Free to install
- Local-first, no tracking
- Mac, Windows, and your browser
social.feed
tired dev@late_commit · 11m
screen time report says 9 hours on X this week. someone send a Pet Gatekeeper, fast.
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screen time hater@offline_pls · 27m
tried 4 focus apps to block TikTok. none of them work like a cat sitting on the screen.
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soft launch@quietmornings · 41m
what if the For You page was just my friends' dogs. that's the only feed i'd close on time.
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hot take generator@unhinged_takes · 1h
Reddit at 1am is doomscroll with extra steps. there, i said it.
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barely awake@oneeyeopen · 1h
opened TikTok to check ONE notification. screen time: +47 minutes. classic.
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feed-pilled@for_you_page · 2h
the Pet Gatekeeper extension is the only thing that pulled me off X today.
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deeply normal@touch_grass_pls · 3h
my dog physically blocking my laptop > any focus app i've installed.
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log off coach@close_the_app · 4h
you've been doomscrolling for 52 minutes. a cat on screen would've ended this 50 mins ago.
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the algorithm@feed_itself · 5h
another reel for you. and another. who needs screen time limits anyway.
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Pet on duty
01 · Out in the wild
Pets out in the wild
A few of the pets people have made so far.
02 · The pitch
Pet Gatekeeper, in one minute
Pet Gatekeeper overlays a short video of your own pet on top of the sites you keep losing time to. It comes as a desktop app and a browser extension — same pet, same code in both. Make your pet today, paste the code, and the next time X, TikTok or Reddit swallows an hour, your cat or dog stands in the way. Built for the kind of session you opened 'for five minutes' forty minutes ago.
03 · Pick your starter
Cat Gatekeeper or Dog Gatekeeper?
Two starter Pet Gatekeepers, two long-form guides. Pick the one that's going to gatekeep your scroll.
Make a Cat Gatekeeper
A Cat Gatekeeper is a Pet Gatekeeper made from your real cat. Cats are weirdly good at this — a loaf on screen for ten seconds is harder to dismiss than any 'you've been scrolling for 47 minutes' banner.
Make a Dog Gatekeeper
A Dog Gatekeeper is a Pet Gatekeeper made from your real dog. Hard to keep doomscrolling when the thing covering your screen is the dog asking why you're still here.
04 · The full story
What is a Pet Gatekeeper?
A Pet Gatekeeper is a short, looping video of your own pet that hijacks your screen the moment you've spent too long on a watched site. The Pet Gatekeeper Chrome extension handles the timing — you set the limit, it shows the pet, you stop scrolling, you walk away.
Most screen-time tools just nag — a banner, a number, a guilt trip you dismiss in two seconds. A Pet Gatekeeper is the opposite: no warning, no negotiation. Your real cat or dog takes over the page until your time-out is up. It's easier to obey when the thing standing in your way is the pet you love.
The two starter Pet Gatekeepers are a Cat Gatekeeper and a Dog Gatekeeper. You can use ours, or you can make a Pet Gatekeeper from your own pet's photos in just a few steps.
05 · Why it works
Why your own pet is the screen-time limit you'll actually obey
Willpower can't beat the algorithm. Your pet can.
A generic block screen, you dismiss in two seconds. Your own cat or dog filling the page is something your brain refuses to swat away.
Yours, not generic
It's your cat, your dog. The pull to stop isn't discipline — it's love. That's the only force that out-pulls an infinite feed.
It blocks; it doesn't lecture
No streaks, no shame, no productivity score. Just your pet, in your way, until you've actually been off the site long enough.
06 · How it works
How it works
- 01
Get the app & extension
A free desktop app for Mac & Windows, and a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Same pet, same code, works in any of them.
- 02
Upload your pet's photo
Drop in 1–4 photos of your pet on petgatekeeper.com. We turn them into two short videos: an intro and a loop.
- 03
Redeem your code
Paste the 8-character code into the app. Your pet downloads once and lives on your device — paste again on any other browser or computer.
- 04
Set your scroll limit
Pick how long you can browse a watched site, and how long the gatekeeper holds you out. Your pet does the rest.
07 · Built for real focus
Built for the scroll sessions you can't stop
remote / wfh
The 'just five more minutes' on X
You opened it for one notification forty minutes ago. Pet Gatekeeper hijacks the tab the moment your limit hits — no dismiss button, just your cat.
deep focus
TikTok, Reels, Shorts
Infinite scroll is engineered to beat you. Your dog filling the screen isn't. Per-domain rules so the gatekeeper only fires where you actually lose time.
meetings
After-work doomscroll
The 11pm Reddit hole nobody plans on. Set a tighter limit for evenings; your pet appears, your phone gets put down.
08 · Pricing
Pay by the pet — the more you make, the less each costs
Pick how many pets you want; each one gets cheaper as you go, up to 50% off. No subscription, and credits never expire.
Most popular
How many pets?
3
$35.98$11.99 / petSave 20%
Pay once · credits never expire · use them whenever
One pet, everywhere you scroll
- Browser extension
- Desktop app
- Mobile appSoon
The more you make, the less each costs
09 · FAQ
Common questions
Ready when you are
Ready to make your own?
Just a few simple steps.