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ShimeLinux

Shimeji desktop pet

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io.github.bujjuisabee.shimelinux
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ShimeLinux is a Linux port of Shimeji-ee desktop pet, an application that lets you have little characters (called Shimeji) walking around on your screen.

Features:

  • It is compatible with any Shimeji made for the latest version of Shimeji-ee
  • It works on many Linux desktop environments and tiling window managers
  • It supports interactive windows on KDE Plasma
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Screenshots

The ShimeLinux image set chooser
The ShimeLinux image set chooser
A couple of Shimeji climbing on the settings window
A couple of Shimeji climbing on the settings window
ShimeLinux in windowed mode
ShimeLinux in windowed mode

Observed history

App ChangeVersionWhen ↓
updated1.4.014 Oct 2026
new1.4.012 Oct 2026

Upstream releases

Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.

1.4.013 Oct 2026

Changelog:

  • Shimeji are now displayed on native Wayland surfaces on KDE Plasma. This can be disabled in the Environment tab in settings.
  • You can now set which layer Shimeji will be displayed on in the Environment tab when using the Wayland or KDE environment.
  • The Wayland environment now supports the Mango compositor.
  • Fixed a bug where Shimeji would keep falling over while trying to move a window.
  • Fixed a bug where the cursor position would be slightly off when using the windowed environment.
  • Fixed several bugs with popup menus in the Wayland environment.
  • Shimeji will now be paused when the settings menu and image set chooser are open.
  • The Wayland environment can no longer be enabled on GNOME and Cinnamon.
  • There will no longer be an error message every time the program starts if the system tray icon cannot be created.
1.3.46 Oct 2026

Changelog:

  • Reduced memory usage by about 40%.
  • Fixed a bug where custom behavior names in the "Set Behavior" popup and "Reveal Statistics" window would not have spaces between words.
  • Fixed a bug where the path to the actions.xml and behaviors.xml files would be displayed incorrectly in the Shimeji chooser if a directory other than ~/.config/shimelinux was used.
  • Added better error messages for common errors in the Wayland environment.
  • Removed the "Menu Scaling" setting and the buttons in the "About" tab in settings as they did not work properly.