Homepage Companions - Random or Rotate

Dustin

The new Homepage Companions are a lot of fun and I would love to see an option to regularly rotate them every day/week/page load.

b0o

I wanted this too, so I made a TamperMonkey userscript for it until it's an official feature:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Kagi Random Companion
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      2026-01-17
// @description  Get a new companion each time you visit Kagi!
// @match        https://kagi.com/
// @icon         https://kagi.com/apple-touch-icon.png
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(async function() {
    'use strict';

    // Comment out any companions you don't want to see,
    // or uncomment those which you want to enable:
    const companions = [
        // "default",
        "doggo",
        "kagibara",
        "katto",
        "kagiroo",
        "doggo_orion",
        "doggo_detective",
        "doggo_sniff",
        "doggo_fly",
        "doggo_happy",
        "doggo_spin",
        "doggo_world",
        "doggo_work",
        // "doggo_halloween",
        "doggo_summer",
        "doggo_winter"
    ]

    const companion = companions[Math.floor(Math.random() * companions.length)]
    await fetch("https://kagi.com/settings", {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
        },
        body: `companion_id=${companion}&no_redirect=true`,
        credentials: "include"
    });
})();

Edit: Script updated 01-17-26 to include new companions

xJustxMegx

b0o is the script broken?

minion3665

I love the new Kagi search companions, but one that I'm missing is a "random companion" option - because how could I hope to pick and miss out on all the others?

This would select a random companion each time I went to the Kagi homepage, picking from all of the available companions.

This would extend the usefulness of the companions feature because right now I have to choose a single specific companion. This would allow me to have the enjoyment of all of the companions without having to manually switch them out, and allow me more variation than would be reasonable with manual switching.

TheRamblingLank

Add a "Random" option to the Homepage Companions to get a different Companion each time you visit, so no one is left out.
I'm picking Katto for now, but I'm going to miss Doggo, a random chance to see them all makes the homepage even more fun to visit.

Another option in the Homepage Companions selection screen titled "Random", when toggled a random Companion is displayed when visiting the Kagi homepage. Themed companions are still shown when they are in effect.

xJustxMegx

Hey @TheRamblingLank! This has been suggested before, I think the staff will merge this one but you can upvote it here.

TheRamblingLank

xJustxMegx Good spot, upvoted

ajvermillion

A request for this feature: it would be very nice if I could just select multiple companions in my settings and let it select randomly from those, instead of getting random companions I don't care about.

(this feature inspired by a user on my family plan insisting that Katto and Kagibara are both their friend and Kagi should rotate between them. Note: they love the companions! I did not predict this would be as beloved as they turned out to be 😄)