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shehap0/drooling-cats — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

7Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

TL;DR

A community collected meme gallery of the low resolution Drooling Cat reaction image, open to pull request contributions.

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    What it does
      Meme image gallery
      Drooling Cat reaction
    Format
      Images only
      No code
    Use cases
      Reaction images
      Group chat memes
    Audience
      General internet users
    Contributing
      Pull requests
      Low res only

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Browse a gallery of Drooling Cat meme images

REASON 2

Submit your own drooling cat meme via a pull request

REASON 3

Use the images as reaction pictures in chats or social posts

How it stacks up

shehap0/drooling-cats0x-shadow/crewtrack0xsv1/ghosttype-bof
Stars777
LanguageC++C
Setup difficultyeasymoderatehard
Complexity1/53/54/5
Audiencegeneralgeneraldeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Wtf does this do

This repository is a meme collection, not a piece of software. It gathers images of what the creators call the Drooling Cat, a low resolution photo of a tabby cat staring blankly with a string of drool, which became a popular internet reaction image in early 2026. The README describes it as a way to react to something so impressive or absurd that your brain briefly stops working. The collection includes several image variations of the same joke, showing the cat in different settings and situations, all collected in a gallery within the repository. According to the README, people use these images to react in group chats, to represent someone zoning out mid conversation, or to mark a moment when something is unexpectedly impressive. The project invites other people to contribute by adding their own drooling cat images through a pull request, similar to how open source code projects accept contributions, except here the contribution is a meme image rather than code. The README asks that new submissions stay in a deliberately low resolution style to match the existing collection, and that contributors avoid both high resolution versions and AI generated images. There is no programming language, no installation, and no software functionality here. It is best understood as a lighthearted, community maintained image archive built around a single running joke, using GitHub's normal repository and pull request tools as the mechanism for people to add new entries to the collection.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to open a pull request to add a new meme to this repo
Prompt 2
Help me write a caption for a new Drooling Cat meme submission
Prompt 3
Explain the contribution rules for adding memes to this repository

Frequently asked questions

wtf is drooling-cats?

A community collected meme gallery of the low resolution Drooling Cat reaction image, open to pull request contributions.

How hard is drooling-cats to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is drooling-cats for?

Mainly general.

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