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+# Cat
+
+An animated cat that lives in your bar. It sleeps when your CPU is idle,
+walks as load picks up, and breaks into a full sprint under heavy load —
+colored to match your theme, or any color you pick.
+
+## Plugin
+
+| Field | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| ID | `dotnetrob/cat` |
+| Entries | Bar widget: `cat` |
+
+## Usage
+
+Add the "Cat" widget to any bar from Settings → Bar → Add Widget. Click the
+widget to show a notification with the current CPU percentage.
+
+## Settings
+
+| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `cat_size` | `int` | `24` | Sprite size in the bar, in pixels (12–48). |
+| `show_cpu_percent` | `bool` | `false` | Display the CPU percentage next to the cat. |
+| `walk_threshold` | `int` | `15` | CPU percentage at which the cat wakes up and starts walking. |
+| `run_threshold` | `int` | `60` | CPU percentage at which the cat breaks into a run. |
+| `poll_interval` | `int` | `2` | How often to sample CPU usage, in seconds. |
+| `cat_color_mode` | `select` | `theme` | `theme` colors the cat with the palette's `secondary` role and tracks theme changes; `custom` uses the color below. |
+| `cat_color` | `color` | `#E8A24C` | Used when `cat_color_mode` is `custom`. |
+
+## Notes
+
+Every `poll_interval` seconds the widget reads `/proc/stat` to compute CPU
+usage — no other files are read or written, nothing is downloaded, and no
+processes are spawned. The cat's shape comes from a small custom icon font
+(`fonts/catwalk2.otf`) traced from the MIT-licensed
+[CatWalk](https://store.kde.org/p/2055225) plasmoid by Driglu4it, which lets
+it be recolored like normal bar text instead of a fixed-color image.
diff --git a/cat/cat.luau b/cat/cat.luau
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+--!nonstrict
+-- Cat: an animated running cat bar widget. Pace reflects CPU usage, sampled
+-- from /proc/stat, with separately configurable walk/run thresholds. Color
+-- follows the theme's secondary role by default, or a pinned custom color.
+--
+-- The cat shape is a custom pictographic font (fonts/catwalk2.otf, traced
+-- from the MIT-licensed CatWalk plasmoid by Driglu4it) so it can be colored
+-- like any other bar text: "a" = idle/asleep, "b".."f" = the 5-frame run
+-- cycle. Each glyph's advance width is trimmed to the shared ink extent
+-- (non-negative left bearing, no dead trailing space) so bar layout doesn't
+-- overlap the previous widget or leave a large gap before the next one.
+--
+-- Font registration is process-global and keyed by file path/family, so this
+-- filename must change (not just its contents) whenever the glyph set changes
+-- during development, or the shell keeps rendering whatever it cached the
+-- first time it saw this path.
+
+local catFont = noctalia.loadFont("fonts/catwalk2.otf")
+
+local GLYPH_IDLE = "a"
+local RUN_GLYPHS = { "b", "c", "d", "e", "f" }
+
+local TICK_MS = 80
+local WALK_MAX_MS = 380
+local WALK_MIN_MS = 180
+local RUN_MAX_MS = 160
+local RUN_MIN_MS = 55
+
+local catSize = noctalia.getConfig("cat_size")
+local showCpuPercent = noctalia.getConfig("show_cpu_percent")
+local walkThreshold = noctalia.getConfig("walk_threshold")
+local runThreshold = noctalia.getConfig("run_threshold")
+local pollIntervalMs = noctalia.getConfig("poll_interval") * 1000
+local colorMode = noctalia.getConfig("cat_color_mode")
+local customColor = noctalia.getConfig("cat_color")
+
+local frameIndex = 1
+local frameElapsed = 0
+local frameDurationMs = WALK_MAX_MS
+
+local sampleElapsed = pollIntervalMs -- sample immediately on first tick
+local cpuPercent = 0
+local prevTotal, prevIdle = nil, nil
+
+local function sampleCpu()
+  local stat = noctalia.readFile("/proc/stat")
+  if not stat then
+    return
+  end
+
+  local line = stat:match("^cpu%s+(.-)\n") or stat:match("^cpu%s+(.-)$")
+  if not line then
+    return
+  end
+
+  local fields = {}
+  for n in line:gmatch("%d+") do
+    table.insert(fields, tonumber(n))
+  end
+
+  local idle = (fields[4] or 0) + (fields[5] or 0)
+  local total = 0
+  for _, v in fields do
+    total += v
+  end
+
+  if prevTotal then
+    local totalDelta = total - prevTotal
+    local idleDelta = idle - prevIdle
+    if totalDelta > 0 then
+      cpuPercent = math.clamp((totalDelta - idleDelta) / totalDelta * 100, 0, 100)
+    end
+  end
+
+  prevTotal = total
+  prevIdle = idle
+end
+
+-- Returns ("idle" | "walk" | "run", frame-duration-ms-for-that-pace).
+local function paceFor(cpu)
+  local runFloor = math.max(runThreshold, walkThreshold + 1)
+
+  if cpu < walkThreshold then
+    return "idle", WALK_MAX_MS
+  elseif cpu < runFloor then
+    local range = math.max(runFloor - walkThreshold, 1)
+    local t = math.clamp((cpu - walkThreshold) / range, 0, 1)
+    return "walk", WALK_MAX_MS - t * (WALK_MAX_MS - WALK_MIN_MS)
+  else
+    local range = math.max(100 - runFloor, 1)
+    local t = math.clamp((cpu - runFloor) / range, 0, 1)
+    return "run", RUN_MAX_MS - t * (RUN_MAX_MS - RUN_MIN_MS)
+  end
+end
+
+local function resolveColor()
+  if colorMode == "custom" and customColor and customColor ~= "" then
+    return customColor
+  end
+  return "secondary"
+end
+
+local function render(pace)
+  local glyph = pace == "idle" and GLYPH_IDLE or RUN_GLYPHS[frameIndex]
+  local color = resolveColor()
+
+  local children = {
+    ui.label({ text = glyph, fontFamily = catFont, baseline = "inkCentered", fontSize = catSize, color = color }),
+  }
+
+  if showCpuPercent then
+    table.insert(children, ui.label({ text = `{math.floor(cpuPercent)}%`, fontSize = 11, color = color }))
+  end
+
+  local container = barWidget.isVertical() and ui.column or ui.row
+  barWidget.render(container({ gap = 4, align = "center" }, children))
+  barWidget.setTooltip(`Cat — CPU {math.floor(cpuPercent)}% ({pace})`)
+end
+
+noctalia.setUpdateInterval(TICK_MS)
+
+function update()
+  sampleElapsed += TICK_MS
+  if sampleElapsed >= pollIntervalMs then
+    sampleElapsed = 0
+    sampleCpu()
+  end
+
+  local pace, duration = paceFor(cpuPercent)
+  frameDurationMs = duration
+
+  if pace == "idle" then
+    frameElapsed = 0
+    frameIndex = 1
+  else
+    frameElapsed += TICK_MS
+    if frameElapsed >= frameDurationMs then
+      frameElapsed = 0
+      frameIndex = frameIndex % #RUN_GLYPHS + 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  render(pace)
+end
+
+function onClick()
+  noctalia.notify(noctalia.tr("title"), `CPU {math.floor(cpuPercent)}%`)
+end
+
+function onConfigChanged()
+  catSize = noctalia.getConfig("cat_size")
+  showCpuPercent = noctalia.getConfig("show_cpu_percent")
+  walkThreshold = noctalia.getConfig("walk_threshold")
+  runThreshold = noctalia.getConfig("run_threshold")
+  pollIntervalMs = noctalia.getConfig("poll_interval") * 1000
+  colorMode = noctalia.getConfig("cat_color_mode")
+  customColor = noctalia.getConfig("cat_color")
+  render((paceFor(cpuPercent)))
+end
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diff --git a/cat/plugin.toml b/cat/plugin.toml
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+id           = "dotnetrob/cat"
+name         = "Cat"
+version      = "1.1.2"
+plugin_api   = 3
+author       = "DotNetRob"
+license      = "MIT"
+dependencies = []
+icon         = "paw"
+description  = "An animated running cat bar widget whose speed reflects CPU usage."
+tags         = ["bar", "animation", "system", "fun"]
+
+[[widget]]
+id    = "cat"
+entry = "cat.luau"
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "cat_size"
+  type             = "int"
+  label_key        = "settings.cat_size.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.cat_size.description"
+  default          = 24
+  min              = 12
+  max              = 48
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "show_cpu_percent"
+  type             = "bool"
+  label_key        = "settings.show_cpu_percent.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.show_cpu_percent.description"
+  default          = false
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "walk_threshold"
+  type             = "int"
+  label_key        = "settings.walk_threshold.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.walk_threshold.description"
+  default          = 15
+  min              = 0
+  max              = 100
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "run_threshold"
+  type             = "int"
+  label_key        = "settings.run_threshold.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.run_threshold.description"
+  default          = 60
+  min              = 0
+  max              = 100
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "poll_interval"
+  type             = "int"
+  label_key        = "settings.poll_interval.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.poll_interval.description"
+  default          = 2
+  min              = 1
+  max              = 10
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "cat_color_mode"
+  type             = "select"
+  label_key        = "settings.cat_color_mode.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.cat_color_mode.description"
+  default          = "theme"
+  options          = [
+    { value = "theme", label_key = "settings.cat_color_mode.option_theme" },
+    { value = "custom", label_key = "settings.cat_color_mode.option_custom" },
+  ]
+
+  [[widget.setting]]
+  key              = "cat_color"
+  type             = "color"
+  label_key        = "settings.cat_color.label"
+  description_key  = "settings.cat_color.description"
+  default          = "#E8A24C"
+  visible_when     = { key = "cat_color_mode", values = ["custom"] }
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diff --git a/cat/translations/en.json b/cat/translations/en.json
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+{
+  "title": "Cat",
+  "settings": {
+    "cat_size": {
+      "label": "Cat Size",
+      "description": "Sprite size in the bar, in pixels."
+    },
+    "show_cpu_percent": {
+      "label": "Show CPU Percentage",
+      "description": "Display the CPU percentage next to the cat."
+    },
+    "walk_threshold": {
+      "label": "Walk Threshold",
+      "description": "CPU percentage at which the cat wakes up and starts walking."
+    },
+    "run_threshold": {
+      "label": "Run Threshold",
+      "description": "CPU percentage at which the cat breaks into a run."
+    },
+    "poll_interval": {
+      "label": "CPU Poll Interval",
+      "description": "How often to sample CPU usage, in seconds."
+    },
+    "cat_color_mode": {
+      "label": "Cat Color",
+      "description": "Use the current theme color, or pick a custom color below.",
+      "option_theme": "Match Theme",
+      "option_custom": "Custom"
+    },
+    "cat_color": {
+      "label": "Custom Color",
+      "description": "Used when Cat Color is set to Custom."
+    }
+  }
+}