PepitoTheCat

@PepitoTheCat is a Twitter account operated by a French user named Clément Storck which sends an automated message when his cat, Pépito, leaves or returns to his house. A device monitors Pépito's movements through a cat door. The account sends a message reading "Pépito is out" if it detects him leaving or "Pépito is back home" if he comes back, along with a photo and timestamp. Since Storck created the account in 2011, it has amassed over 877 thousand followers.^[1]

PepitoTheCat

Type of site	Twitter account
Available in	English
Owner	Clément Storck
URL	twitter.com/pepitothecat
Launched	July 2011; 14 years ago (2011-07)
Current status	Online

History

Pépito is a black cat owned by Clément Storck, a software engineer who lives in Paris. He was born in 2007 to the pet of one of Storck's friends, and was gifted to Storck when he was four months old.^[2]

Storck created a website called PushingBox which can be used to send notifications triggered by real-life events, such as the opening of a door or the ringing of a doorbell. In July 2011, he used the same software to create an automated Twitter account called @PepitoTheCat. Storck used a device to detect when Pépito has used the cat door and positioned a surveillance camera on it. The account sends a message reading "Pépito is out" if he is detected leaving or "Pépito is back home" when he comes back, along with a photo and timestamp.^[2][3] After 2012, a different cat door was used and the account switched from French to English.^[4] When Storck moved to Paris in 2015, Pépito remained at his parents' house. By November 2016, the account had 18 thousand followers.^[2] In the rare occasions that the account is not regularly updated, his followers have posted about their distress online.^[2][5]

On 2 February 2023, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that it would no longer support free access to the application programming interface (API) starting 9 February, which third-party developers and automated accounts rely on. However, Musk considered giving innocuous automated accounts with verification access after Storck tweeted in protest of the decision.^[6] The account's followers increased from over 211 thousand followers around this time to 565 thousand by July 2023, to 952 thousand by November 2023.^[1][6]

On June 29th 2025 @pepitothecat began responding to every "Pépito is out" post with a short AI generated blurb detailing what fictional adventures Pépito was off to do. A few days later on July 1st a AI generated image of Pépito was attached as well. These posts also included a link to a new Pépito themed cryptocurrency that is removed from circulation every time Pépito leaves. $Pepito tokens appear to be Solana based.