Sound On File Events

Sound On File Events is a lightweight VS Code extension that plays a sound whenever files or folders are created or deleted from VS Code.

By default, it randomly picks:

• a sound from create/ when creating files/folders
• a sound from delete/ when deleting files/folders

Per-event custom sound settings can override this behavior:

• fileSound.customCreateSoundPath for create events
• fileSound.customDeleteSoundPath for delete events

If no per-event custom sound is configured, it uses the event folder. If that folder has no valid audio files, it falls back to the bundled default sound.

Features

• Plays a sound on file/folder creation
• Plays a sound on file/folder deletion
• Supports custom audio files
• Configurable cooldown between sound plays
• Cross-platform playback fallback support

Install

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
2. Search for Sound On File Events
3. Click Install

From VSIX

code --install-extension AnujLabs.sound-on-file-event

Commands

Open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and run:

• File Sound: Select Create Custom Sound — Choose a custom audio file for create events
• File Sound: Clear Create Custom Sound — Clear custom audio for create events
• File Sound: Select Delete Custom Sound — Choose a custom audio file for delete events
• File Sound: Clear Delete Custom Sound — Clear custom audio for delete events
• File Sound: Play Test Sound — Test the currently configured sound

Configuration

Settings path: Settings → Extensions → File Sound

• fileSound.enabled (default: true)
  Enable or disable event sounds.

• fileSound.customCreateSoundPath (default: empty)
  Custom audio file for create events.

• fileSound.customDeleteSoundPath (default: empty)
  Custom audio file for delete events.

• fileSound.cooldownMs (default: 1200)
  Minimum delay (in milliseconds) between sound plays.

Playback Backends

• macOS — Uses afplay
• Linux — Tries paplay, aplay, ffplay, mpg123, mpg321, then play
• Windows — Uses PowerShell media playback with fallbacks

Notes

• Events are triggered by file operations performed through VS Code APIs (for example: Explorer create/delete actions).
• Supported audio extensions in event folders: .mp3, .wav, .ogg, .m4a, .aac, .flac.
• Very rapid operations may be rate-limited by the cooldown setting.