Alerter: It Never Miss - Sound and Flash notifications for VS Code
Never miss a build failure, test result, or terminal error again. Alerter watches your terminal, tasks and debugger - and instantly tells you what happened through sound and a status bar flash, so you can focus on your work instead of staring at the screen.
Features
🔊 Sound Alerts
Get an audio cue for every important event:
Terminal error - plays when your terminal exits with a non-zero code
Build / task success - chime when everything compiles clean
Test failure - fires when Jest, Mocha, Vitest, pytest or any test runner reports failures
Test pass - confirmation sound when all tests pass
Long-running task - notified when a build exceeds your configured threshold
Debugger breakpoint - audio cue when execution pauses at a breakpoint
Port available - sound when your dev server starts listening
Git commit - optional chime on every commit
⚡ Status Flash
A visual flash on the VS Code status bar so you always notice:
Red flash for errors and failures
Yellow flash for success events
Configurable duration (200ms - 2000ms)
Fully toggleable on/off
🎛️ Fully Customisable
Replace any built-in sound with your own .wav, .mp3, .ogg or .aac file
Volume control (0-100%)
Cooldown / debounce to prevent alert spam
Per-event toggles - enable only the events you care about
