Chicken On Tree Screaming on Terminal Error - VS Code Extension

A VS Code extension that plays a "chicken-on-tree-screaming" sound every time a command fails in the terminal.

Features

• Plays the chicken-on-tree-screaming sound when a terminal command exits with a non-zero exit code
• Toggle the sound on/off via command palette
• Adjustable volume (0.0 to 1.0)
• Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows

Requirements

• VS Code 1.93 or later
• Linux: ffplay (from ffmpeg), paplay (PulseAudio), or aplay (ALSA)
• macOS: afplay (built-in)
• Windows: PowerShell (built-in)

Commands

Settings

Installation (Production)

Install the .vsix file

1. Open VS Code.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+P and search for Extensions: Install from VSIX....
3. Select the chicken-on-tree-screaming-1.0.0.vsix file from this folder.
4. Reload VS Code if prompted.

Or use the command line:

code --install-extension chicken-on-tree-screaming-1.0.0.vsix

Audio tool setup

Linux

• For best results, install at least one of these tools:
  • ffplay (from ffmpeg):

    sudo apt install ffmpeg
    

  • paplay (PulseAudio):

    sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils
    

  • aplay (ALSA):

    sudo apt install alsa-utils
    

• The extension will try all three automatically.

macOS

• No setup needed. afplay is built-in and used by the extension.

Windows

• No setup needed. PowerShell is used to play the sound.

How to package

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package

This will create a .vsix file you can install in VS Code.