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.
The point
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.
Features
Only when unfocused — if VS Code has focus, no sound. Step away → sound. Watch it → silent.
Mute toggle — click 🔔 Noice in 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.
Settings
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.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)
Requirements
VS Code 1.87+
Cross-platform: Windows (PowerShell), macOS (afplay), Linux (paplay / aplay / sox / ffplay)
