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List of computing mascots

This is a list of computing mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity. In case of computing mascots, they either represent software, hardware, or any project or collective entity behind them.

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This is a list of computing mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity. In case of computing mascots, they either represent software, hardware, or any project or collective entity behind them.

Within collaborative software projects, the use of mascots often allow for the existence of a non-trademarked symbol for use by the software's community, as opposed to logos and wordmarks, which often have more stringent protections.1

List of computing mascots
Mascot Representing Description Image Ref(s)
Adiumy Adium, a free and open-source instant messaging client for macOS A cartoon duck 2
Amanda the Panda Window Maker, a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System A cartoon panda 34
Apache Beam Firefly Apache Beam A cartoon firefly 56
Apache Pig Apache Pig An anthropomorphic pig 7
Beanbird LG's webOS operating system A dark grey bean shaped bird 8
Beastie, the BSD Daemon BSD, a free and open-source Unix-like operating system with many derivatives A cartoon demon 9
Blinky FreeDOS, a free and open-source DOS implementation for IBM PC compatible computers A cartoon fish 10
The Bot/Bugdroida Android operating system A green cartoon android robot 11121314
Buggie SerenityOS, a free and open-source desktop operating system A cartoon anthropomorphic ladybug 15
Buggie Bugzilla, a free and open-source web-based general-purpose bugtracker and testing tool A cartoon anthropomorphic bug 16
Camel Perl, a high-level programming language A camel
External images
Original O'Reilly Camel
Republic of Perl logo
 1718
Camelia Raku A cartoon bug with butterfly-like wings 19
Canteloupe Libreboot The silhouette of an antelope, leaping 20
CowDuck TerminusDB A cartoon hybrid with the head of a cow and body of a duck 21
Dash Dart language and the Flutter framework A hummingbird representing Dart as a fast language 22
D-Man D, is a multi-paradigm system programming language. A letter D anthropomorphized with humanlike limbs and a set of eyes D-Man 23
DotNet Botb .NET free and open source software framework A purple robot, waving 24
Duke Java, a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment A stylized, unspecified creature 251
elePHPant PHP, a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development A cartoon elephant 26
eMule eMule, a free and open-source peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows A cartoon mule 27
Ferrisc Rust language A cartoon crab 28
Freedo Linux-libre, a free and open-source operating system kernel derived from Linux kernel, packaged by GNU to have all the proprietary components removed A cartoon anthropomorphic penguin 29
Gavroche GNU MediaGoblin, a free and open-source decentralized server software for hosting and sharing digital media A cartoon goblin 30
Geeko SUSE Linux, a Linux-based free and open-source computer operating system family A stylized chameleon 31
Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny Plan 9 from Bell Labs, a free and open-source distributed operating system that manages all computing resources through its file system rather than specialized interfaces A cartoon rabbit

32

GNUd GNU, a free and open-source operating system and an extensive collection of computer software; it is also the mascot of GNU Project, a free-software, mass-collaboration project An anthropomorphic wildebeest head 33
Go Gopher Go, free and open-source programming language A cartoon gopher 34
  • Godot Logo
  • Gbot, Gobot, GDBot
  • Godette, Sophia
  • Godot Robot Plush
 The mascots associated with the Godot Engine, a free and open-source, cross-platform game engine. The primary symbol is the stylized Godot logo, which serves as the basis for various character designs. These include Gbot (also known as Gobot or GDbot),

an anthropomorphic robot with a Godot logo-shaped head, and part of the same mascot line as Godette and Sophia. Godette is an anime-style female mascot inspired by the logo's features, and Sophia is artist Tyson Tan's reinterpretation of Godette in the tradition of OS-tan or anime-tan software mascots. A Godot plush toy, modeled after the logo, exists in both 2D and 3D forms and is often featured in Godot-based games.

A stylized blue robot head with a gear-shaped outline serves as the base design across all variants. Godot Logo

Godette

GDBot and Sophia

Godot Robot Plush


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Gooey WebGUI, a free and open-source content management system A cartoon octopus 42
Hexley Darwin A cartoon platypus 43
Kandalf Formerly KDE A cartoon wizard 44
Kate the Cyber Woodpecker Kate, a free and open-source advanced text editor for software developers A cartoon robotic woodpecker 45
Kiki the Cyber Squirrel Krita, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for digital painting and animation A cartoon anthropomorphic robotic squirrel 46
Kit Mozilla Firefox, a free and open-source web browser A cartoon Fox, based on the Firefox logo 47
Kitty AROS Research Operating System, a free and open-source multimedia centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 APIs A cartoon anthropomorphic cat, created by Eric W. Schwartz 48
Kodee Kotlin programming language A stylized robot 49
Konqi
(Katie and KDE dragons)		 The primary mascot of KDE, an international community that develops free and open-source software, and KDE Projects, software they have developed, including KDE Plasma workspace, KDE Frameworks, and the software foundation of other KDE Applications. A number of other dragons also exist, such as Katie, associated with KDE Women's Project and KDE dragons, the mascots of KDE Community Cartoon dragons 44
Larryc Gentoo Linux A crudely drawn cow 50
Lenny Lubuntu A penguin with blue hair 51
The Lisp alien Lisp A quadruped alien with more than four eyes and a single arm extending from the nose 52
Log Raft Raft consensus algorithm A log raft with a face. Created by Andrea Ruygt, and made a vector by Diego Ongaro 53
Lucy Gleam programming language A pink starfish 54
Moby Dock Docker, a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products A cartoon whale that hauls shipping containers on its back 55
Mozilla Retired mascot of Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and leads Mozilla, a free-software community that developed Firefox, a free and open-source web browser and many related projects A cartoon anthropomorphic lizard and later a stylized tyrannosaurus rex 56
Octocat GitHub An anthropomorphized cat with five octopus-like arms 5758
Pony Pony programming language A cartoon pony 59
Powershell Hero Microsoft Powershell 7, Microsoft's open-source shell A flat shaded humanoid character 60
Preston PrestaShop, a free and open-source e-commerce platform A puffin 6162
Puffy OpenBSD, a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from BSD, dedicated to security and stability features A cartoon pufferfish 63
Purple Pidgin Pidgin, a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client A cartoon pigeon 64
Pygame snakec Pygame, a free and open-source Python library for game development A snake holding a gaming controller No ref available
Rocky Raccoon MINIX 3, a free and open-source project to create a small, high availability, high functioning Unix-like operating system A cartoon raccoon 65
Sakila MySQL A stylized dolphin 66
Sara OpenGameArt.org A pixel art girl with blonde hair 67
Scratch Cat Scratch A cartoon anthropomorphic orange cate 69
Sepia PeerTube A cartoon cuttlefish wearing a hat in the shape of the PeerTube logo, designed by David Revoy 70
Slonik Postgresql A stylised elephant 71
Snort Pigc Snort, a free and open-source network intrusion detection and prevention system A cartoon pig; the "Snort and Pig logo" is a registered trademark of Cisco

72

Sudo Sandwich Sudo A smiling sandwich 73
Suzanne Blender A monkey head 74
Tizen Genie former mascot of the Tizen operating system for phones Genie 7576
Tux Linux kernel, a free and open-source monolithic Unix-like computer operating system kernel that has been included in many OS distributions A cartoon anthropomorphic penguin 771
Veasel V programming language A cartoon weasel 78
Wilber GIMP, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for image editing, drawing, image format conversion and others A creature similar to a Fox or a dog, but is officially a fictional species called a "GIMP"

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Wizard ImageMagick, a free and open-source cross-platform software suite for displaying, creating, converting, modifying, and editing raster images A wizard 82
Various Wombats DATATRIEVE, being adopted as the mascot of its product group; references are in the product's help system, and a graphics demonstration using a PLOT WOMBAT command displays the mascot 83
Wyvern LLVM, a set of compiler and toolchain technologies that can be used to develop a compiler frontend for any programming language and backend for any instruction set architecture. A stylized wyvern 84
Xeniac An alternative to Tux, originally proposed at the same time85. Canonically transgender.86 An anthropomorphic fox alt=An anthropomorphic fox standing akimbo, looking at the viewer. She is wearing baggy "Tripp" pants, has large, reflective glasses, and is holding a trans flag. Her shirt reads "LINUX" in green on a black field. 87
Xue Xfce, a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems that aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use A stylized mouse

88

Zero the Ziguana
Ziggy the Ziguana
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Carmen the Allocgator		 Zig programming language Cartoon anthropomorphic iguana and alligator
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Znurt the Flying Saucerc Gentoo Linux A stylized purple flying saucer 50
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Notes

  1. No official name until 2024, when it was named The Bot; before then it was unofficially known as Bugdroid by the Android team.
  2. Typically stylized as "dotnet bot" or "dotnet-bot"
  3. Unofficial
  4. or just the drawing "GNU head"
  5. Despite being free software in most cases, the Scratch Cat is not free content68

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