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24 alternatives to Chimed – wind chimes in your Linux environments
Have you ever played a game or watched a TV show/movie where certain actions like button presses or other events produced different sounds? This is usually done for audience's benefit (more action on screen) or in a game, to enforce the game loop. I wondered if sound effects could be useful in a work environment, in my case `vim`, to influence my brain in a similar way a game loop does things, and make working more "interesting" than procrastination. So I wrote 'chimed', a Python daemon that lets me play sounds on command and added `autocmd` options in `vim` to play sounds when…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chimed – wind chimes in your Linux environments launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Chill N' Sound▲256Play and mix ambient sounds to boost productivity
2017 · chillnsound.petrovicstefan.rs · its alternatives →
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Laughs at your expense. Contribute to Sangarshanan/jazzit development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I was poking through the iio devices on my Framework the other day and turns out Framework 12s have a pretty accurate hinge angle sensor! So I made a version of LidAngleSensor (https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor) but for the Framework 12 on Linux, so you can make your hinge sound rusty
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spaces.FM Beta▲124Binaural sounds to improve focus and boost your productivity
2019 · its alternatives →
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A little weekend project, made so I can pause/play/rewind directly on the piano, when learning a song by ear.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Keytones▲101Distinct key sounds for uppercase, lowercase & more
Aug 2026 · subclassed.com · its alternatives →
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SoundsMix▲73Mix sounds and create the perfect combination to relax.
2020 · soundsmix.xyz · its alternatives →
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Play a sound effect when you leave a reaction on GitHub
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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just a wack systems dude tbh
2018 · h313.info · its alternatives →
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sysm▲2Configurable sounds to be played on system/external events
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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When listening to music, I often don't play whole albums, but string together songs that capture my current mood. In the past, I've written a tool that records my hearings and generates suggestions from my usual listening patterns[1] and used it with some scripts around mpd. This made my way of listening to music easier and worked decently, but I wished I could also sync and use this with my phone. Recently I've discovered Subsonic, a protocol for music servers and players. It caught my eye, because it supports "scrobbling" (apparently the common term for "recording hearings") and generating…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Soothing Sounds for Sleep, Relaxation, and Focus
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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So, I've never written a line of Rust in my life. I wouldn't know an `&mut this` from a mutandis. But I saw a tweet about a month ago that said, in this new era of AI, you'd be able to just take a library that you love, throw a TUI around it, and call it an app. So I spent about 200 bucks last month, here's what I came up with: Imbolc is a DAW that runs entirely in your terminal. It talks to scsynth over OSC and ships 58 instruments and 39 effects. VSTs are a work in progress, also GarageBand loops if you want to recreate "Umbrella". The codebase is about 60k? lines of Rust across 5 crates,…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A GUI frontend for @werman's Pulse Audio real-time noise suppression plugin - josh-richardson/cadmus
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I'd like to get some input on my project from the Hacker News community. The Reddit thread can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/j5bl3/can_whoever_makes_browsers_please_consider_adding/ The extension itself is located here: http://www.mutetab.com/ Basically, my project is a Chrome extension that attempts to provide browser-wide sound management to the extent possible within an extension. It helps a user find what is making sound by identifying what is possibly making sound, allows automatically muting background sounds, and provides a context menu with sound…
2011 · reddit.com · its alternatives →
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I vibe-coded a speech-to-text tool for Wayland that works for me. You trigger it with a keybind, speak into your mic, and it transcribes using OpenAI Whisper or Google STT (local is coming), then either types it directly into your active text field or saves it to the clipboard. It uses PipeWire for audio capture and works signal-driven, so there's no background process running. Just on-demand transcription when you need it. I've tested it on Niri and it should work on Hyprland, though I haven't tested GNOME or KDE yet. This was a one day Rust project and probably has some bugs since I just…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! This is a Python app I've built for fun, while learning the Textual library, it's a piano/synthesizer app that you can play with the keyboard + mouse. You can see a demo video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VXit110PcA You need to install FluidSynth before using it: https://www.fluidsynth.org/ It uses the Python bindings pyFluidSynth library: https://github.com/nwhitehead/pyfluidsynth And the General User GS soundfont: http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php If you try it out, i'd love to…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sometimes, I struggle to block distractions and create a calming environment while working. Most tools I’ve tried were either cluttered, didn’t provide the right kind of sound, or required payment. So, I decided to build my own simple green noise player. For context, green noise features balanced, mid-range frequencies that mimic soothing natural sounds—ideal for relaxation, focus, or creating a peaceful backdrop while working. It’s also great for taking a mindful break during a busy day. Right now, it’s a free, lightweight, browser-based solution. Playback pauses on mobile when the screen…
2025 · noisygreen.com · its alternatives →
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