Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to spice up your website

Posted by lschneider on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:43AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.reactsounds.com/

Hi all, I've been using sound effects in a few web-projects lately (mostly for notifications) and it's always a pain to find good sound effects and then handle them in the browser. So, I compiled my learnings into an easy-to-use React library. It currently has ~70 sound effects (MIT licensed) and I'm happy to add more if you have any requests.

PS. the sound effects can of course be used without the React library!

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by Magma7404 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:55AM (#43844546)

It's broken because it makes no sound on my computer. Oh sorry, it's because I have the sound disabled by default and Flash-websites who make sound have been annoying for more than 20 years.

Good luck on what you're doing though.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by luotuoshangdui on Sunday May 04, 2025 @03:43AM (#43885211)

Yeah, it's annoying when websites make unwanted sound.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by j45 on Sunday May 04, 2025 @09:39AM (#43886649)

Agreed. What if it wasn’t an annoying sound, or a background sound?

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by YousefShanawany on Sunday May 04, 2025 @02:34AM (#43884950)

Really nice modern sound effects for websites. Thanks for the share!

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by lagniappe on Sunday May 04, 2025 @04:31AM (#43885386)

You waited for multiple years to post this comment? Something doesn't feel right here.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by xingped on Sunday May 04, 2025 @07:43AM (#43886167)

Sorry, not trying to rain on your parade, but never in my life have I wanted a website to make sounds at me that weren't a video that I chose to click play on.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by j45 on Sunday May 04, 2025 @09:39AM (#43886641)

Everything doesn’t have to be for everyone.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by jflessau on Sunday May 04, 2025 @07:58AM (#43886230)

Alright, most people won’t want a significant portion of the web to go 'beep bop'. But the use cases listed on the website (notifications, game sounds) are valid, I think.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by j45 on Sunday May 04, 2025 @09:41AM (#43886658)

Interactive tools could be useful. Wish this only for react :)

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Re:Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to s... by bachonk on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:15PM (#43889648)

Thank you for sharing this, I added a few of them to a personal project[0] this morning! Will add a note to the about page to link to your repo

[0]letris.app

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