Play Duck Shimeji on Chrome browser. A small yellow duck that waddles, quacks silently and follows you across your tabs.
Duck Shimeji is part of Shimeji Buddy, a free Chrome extension that adds small animated characters to every web page you open. Once you turn Duck on, the buddy appears at the bottom of the page, walks around, climbs the sides of the window, sits on top of images and reacts when you click or drag it. It works on Google search, YouTube, Reddit, your school portal and almost any other site.
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What Is Duck Shimeji?
A Shimeji (しめじ) is a tiny desktop mascot that lives on the edge of your screen. The idea started as a Japanese desktop-pet program and Shimeji Buddy brings it to the browser. Duck Shimeji is our animals buddy inspired by Duck. It uses a hand-drawn sprite sheet with walking, climbing, falling, sitting and special animations, so it looks like a real little animation rather than a static sticker.
Features Of Duck Shimeji Chrome Extension
- Cute animated Duck characters that walk, run, climb and jump on every web page.
- Drag and drop any buddy to wherever you want on the screen.
- Click a character to trigger its special animation.
- Run one buddy or a whole crew at the same time.
- Lightweight sprite animations that will not slow down Chrome.
- Pause, hide or remove buddies with one click from the toolbar panel.
- Works on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers.
- 100% free, no account, no sign-up and no personal data collected.
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How To Use Duck Shimeji
- Install Shimeji Buddy. Open the Chrome Web Store listing, click Add to Chrome and confirm. It takes a few seconds and no account is needed.
- Open the buddy panel. Click the Shimeji Buddy icon next to your address bar. Pin it from the puzzle-piece menu if you do not see it.
- Turn on Duck. Find Duck in the Animals tab and flip the toggle. The character drops onto the page right away.
- Play with it. Click Duck for its special animation, drag it anywhere on the screen and drop it to let it walk off again. Add more buddies for a crowd.
- Pause or remove. Use the same toggle to pause, or the trash icon to remove it. Buddies stay off on sites you mark as ‘focus’ sites.
Need more detail? See the full installation guide with screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
About Duck
The yellow duckling is one of the oldest desktop-pet designs, and Duck Shimeji is a modern remake for Chrome. It waddles with a bobbing head, shakes its tail feathers when idle and flaps up the side of the window to reach the top bar. Click it for a big silent quack. A white duck and a rubber duck variant are included, and the rubber duck is popular with programmers who like to debug out loud.
Duck Shimeji FAQ
Does Duck Shimeji quack?
The quack is a silent animation with a speech bubble so it never plays sound.
Is there a rubber duck version?
Yes. The rubber duck buddy is included for developers who practise rubber duck debugging.
Is Duck Shimeji free?
Yes. Duck Shimeji is completely free as part of the Shimeji Buddy Chrome extension. There is no sign-up, no subscription and no in-app purchase.
Does Duck Shimeji slow down Chrome?
No. Each buddy is a small sprite animation that uses almost no memory. You can pause or hide it at any time from the toolbar panel.
