Writing about StrayCats, or about the people who care for cats? Here’s the project in brief, artwork you’re welcome to use, and how to reach me.

In brief

StrayCats is an open-source, non-profit project to make caring for a cat easier, by letting anyone who cares for one see its story, so nothing is lost when a cat changes hands. The cat might be your own, a neighbor’s, a stray, a new adoption, one you had to give up, or one left behind when its owner died. It starts with the cats I’ve come to know in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, and a simple question: what if every cat had an identity, a history, and a network of people who care about it, and meeting one took nothing more than a photo?

  • What it is: a growing open-source project, worked out in the open. The ideas and stories on this site keep growing as people share what they know, and What’s New records each step. An early app is under construction, in the open.
  • Who’s behind it: David Williston, who looks after a house full of cats in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • Who it’s for: anyone who cares for a cat, whether it’s theirs or not.
  • Open source and non-profit: everything is public on GitHub.
  • The cat comes first: the cat’s wellbeing always comes first, then the people who care for cats.
  • Dedicated to Saibo, my cat of sixteen years, who died in Puerto Escondido in September 2026. The cat in the logo is Saibo.
  • Languages: English and Spanish.

For more, see About, or listen to the 90-second audio introduction.

Logo and artwork

The logo is a portrait of Saibo resting in front of a sunset over the rooftops, with the “Straycats” wordmark and a “.love” heart. Click a picture or Download to save the full-size file.

Logo, transparent background PNG, 1385 × 1152, with a white outline so it reads on light and dark backgrounds. For web pages and layouts. Download (1.1 MB)
Logo on white PNG, 1425 × 1192. Download (1003 KB)
Logo for print TIFF, 300 dpi. Prints sharply up to about 12 × 10 cm. Download (1.9 MB)
Square icon PNG, 1024 × 1024. Saibo's face on sunset orange, for avatars and thumbnails. Download (1.2 MB)
Wide card JPG, 1200 × 630. For social posts and article headers. Download (86 KB)

Download everything (ZIP, 15.3 MB)

The ZIP also holds app icons from 72 to 1024 px, favicons, and a short guide.

Using the artwork

You’re welcome to use the logo and artwork in articles, posts and broadcasts about Stray Cats. Please don’t change the colours, distort it, or separate Saibo from the wordmark.

The artwork was generated with ChatGPT and exists only as raster images (there’s no vector version). It’s about 1400 px wide, so it prints sharply only at small sizes. If you need it larger, get in touch.

Colours

ColourHex
Midnight charcoal#17212A
Dark background#10161F
Warm sunrise#FFD987
Sunset amber#F8AD50
Deep sunset#E77645
Saibo white#F7F5EF
Golden eyes#E8BD64

If you run a clinic, a blog or a rescue, you can add a small card to your website that links to the project. It’s free, and it keeps itself up to date. This is the card, live:

StrayCats project

To add it, paste this where you’d like it to appear:

<straycats-card>
  <a href="https://straycats.love/">StrayCats project</a>
</straycats-card>
<script src="https://straycats.love/card.js" async></script>

For colours, the one-line version and Hugo, see the full instructions.

Contact

I’m happy to answer questions and talk about the project.