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24 alternatives to Howler.js v2.0

JavaScript audio library for the modern web.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Howler.js v2.0 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Loud Links▲113
A simple tiny Javascript library to add interaction sounds
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Listen Monster▲164
Perfectly transcribed, every time - 100% free
2023 · fast-transcriber.com · its alternatives →
3
MeSpeak.js 2.0 – Text-to-Speech in JavaScript▲84
(Now Go Bang!) Announcing meSpeak.js 2.0: TTS in JS, now even better.
2019 · masswerk.at · its alternatives →
4
TinyRave▲66
SoundCloud for JavaScript Audio
2016 · tinyrave.com · its alternatives →
5
Audiogram Generator▲80
The future of social audio from WNYC
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Rellax.js▲140
Lightweight, vanilla javascript parallax library
2016 · dixonandmoe.com · its alternatives →
7
Vialer-js – Open-source WebRTC communication platform▲127
Pluggable WebRTC softphone and communication platform. - vialer/vialer-js
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
FreeSound▲161
Huge database of free audio snippets, samples, + recordings
2014 · freesound.org · its alternatives →
9
AudioSet by Google▲156
A massive dataset of manually annotated audio events
2017 · research.google.com · its alternatives →
10
SoundHound 8.0▲129
Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
11
NOISESUPPLY▲125
Pandora for SoundCloud
2015 · its alternatives →
12
Sndtst▲124
8-bit video game music
2014 · sndtst.com · its alternatives →
13
GoWhisper▲150
Cross-platform, privacy-first audio transcription app
2023 · gowhisper.io · its alternatives →
14
The State Of JavaScript Survey▲103
Discover which JavaScript libraries are the most popular
2016 · stateofjs.com · its alternatives →
15
SoundRad▲73
A radically simpler & faster SoundCloud player
2014 · its alternatives →
16
DRRROPS▲100
Experience SoundCloud music with comments front and center
2015 · its alternatives →
17
AmplitudeJS▲13
Create simple & beautiful HTML5 audio players (open source)
2017 · serversideup.net · its alternatives →
18
Noisetab▲86
Put audio visualizations in Chrome's new tab
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
19TS
TinyRave – SoundCloud for JavaScript Music▲68
2016 · tinyrave.com · its alternatives →
20
Open-source real-time transcription playground (React, Python, GCP)▲76
A real-time transcription project using React and socketio - GitHub - saharmor/realtime-transcription-playground: A real-time transcription project using React and socketio
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
SoundShroud▲75
De-clutter your SoundCloud stream. Get rid of those reposts.
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
22
Gapless.js – gapless web audio playback▲35
Hey HN, I just released v4 of my gapless playback library that I first built in 2017 for https://relisten.net. We stream concert recordings, where gapless playback is paramount. It's built from scratch, backed by a rigid state machine (the sole dependency is xstate) and is already running in production over at Relisten. The way it works is by preloading future tracks as raw buffers and scheduling them via the web audio API. It seamlessly transitions between HTML5 and web audio. We've used this technique for the last 9 years and it works fairly well. Occasionally it will blip…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
Resounden – Soundcloud App Coded in Go and React▲9
Simple web application to list and play the favorite tracks of any Soundcloud user. Coded in Golang and React. - beeker1121/resounden
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gendy.js – A stochastic synthesis module for Web Audio▲38
2015 · abbernie.github.io · its alternatives →

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