Built because websites are too quiet
Most websites are static. A user lands, reads a headline, and leaves before you ever had a chance to say anything. Pixel Buddy is a small animated character that walks your page and gives you one clear moment to say something useful.
Why we built this
Live chat widgets are heavy, intrusive, and assume every visitor wants to talk. Pop-ups feel aggressive. Banners get ignored. None of them feel like something a visitor would actually want on their screen.
A walking pixel-art mascot is different. It's small, it's charming, and it earns attention rather than demanding it. When it stops and shows a message, visitors actually read it — because they were already watching the character move.
We built Pixel Buddy to be the simplest possible way to add that moment to any site. One script tag. No cookies. No tracking pixels. No third-party analytics that your visitors didn't consent to.
What we care about
Open source first
The core widget is MIT licensed and always will be. You can self-host it, fork it, and use it on any site without paying us a cent. The SaaS adds convenience — it doesn't hold the widget hostage.
No cookies, no PII
Analytics are session-level only — a browser fingerprint hash, not a name or email. We don't drop cookies, don't track visitors across sites, and don't sell data. Your visitors' privacy is not the product.
Simple by design
One script tag. No SDK to install. No config object to maintain once it's live. Everything you change in the dashboard propagates in under 60 seconds — no redeployment, no code changes.
Free to self-host, forever
pixelbuddy.js is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Download it, host it yourself, configure it via window.BUDDY_CONFIG, and it works on any site with no account required.
The SaaS platform adds the dashboard, remote config, and analytics — for people who'd rather not manage a file.