Sound for terminal commands — only when you step away.
Plays a chime when a long-running terminal command finishes, a low thud when it fails. Silent while you watch; loud when you've walked away to grab a coffee. Sound calls you back.
You're focused on code. You run a build, switch to your browser, forget about it. Five minutes later noice chimes — your build's done. If you never left, noice stays silent. The sound is a signal that needs you, not noise.
- Only when unfocused — if VS Code has focus, no sound. Step away → sound. Watch it → silent.
- Mute toggle — click
🔔 Noicein the status bar to toggle on/off. - Min duration — commands under N seconds never trigger (default 3s). Fast commands don't beep.
- Failure sound — success plays a chime, failure plays a low thud. You know without looking.
- Do Not Disturb hours — set a window (e.g. 09:00–18:00) where noice is silent. After hours, it beeps when you step away.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
noice.enabled |
true |
Master toggle |
noice.onlyWhenUnfocused |
true |
Play only when window not focused |
noice.minDuration |
3 |
Min seconds before triggering |
noice.volume |
0.5 |
Per-extension volume (0–1) |
noice.sound |
default |
Success sound: default, chime, pop, glass |
noice.failureSound |
thud |
Failure sound: thud, pop, default, glass |
noice.showNotification |
true |
Status bar message with elapsed time |
noice.dnd.enabled |
false |
Enable DND hours |
noice.dnd.start |
09:00 |
DND start (HH:MM) |
noice.dnd.end |
18:00 |
DND end (HH:MM, wraps midnight if earlier) |
- Noice: Toggle Sound Notifications — flip master switch
- Noice: Test Sound — play chime immediately, useful for diagnosing audio
- Noice: Show Diagnostic Log — open the Noice output channel for event tracing
- VS Code 1.87+
- Cross-platform: Windows (PowerShell), macOS (
afplay), Linux (paplay/aplay/sox/ffplay)
MIT © Qubasehq
- Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Qubasehq.noice
- Repository: https://github.com/qubasehq/noice
- Issues: https://github.com/qubasehq/noice/issues