Faaah! – Error Sound for VS Code

Plays a dramatic "faaah" sound every time a terminal command fails. Never silently fail again.

How It Works

Faaah! listens to VS Code's built-in Shell Integration events.
Whenever any terminal command exits with a non-zero exit code (i.e. an error), the sound fires.

$ npm run build   # build fails → 💥 FAAAH!
$ git push        # push rejected → 💥 FAAAH!
$ python app.py   # runtime exception → 💥 FAAAH!

Requirements

• VS Code 1.90+
• Shell Integration must be enabled (it is by default in bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell)

Linux only

At least one of these must be installed: paplay (PulseAudio), ffplay (ffmpeg), or mpg123.

Settings

Commands

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and run:

• Faaah!: Toggle Sound On/Off – quickly mute/unmute
• Faaah!: Play Test Sound – verify your audio is working

Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release 🎉
• Plays faaah.mp3 on terminal error (non-zero exit code)
• Custom sound path support
• Toggle command

License

MIT