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Cuelume

Tiny, dependency-free library of interaction sounds for the web, made live with Web Audio.

Visit Cuelume4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Cuelume?

Cuelume adds small interaction sounds to websites and apps, such as clicks, success, error and loading cues. The sounds are synthesised live with the Web Audio API, so there are no audio files to download, and the library has no dependencies. It is free and open source under the MIT licence.

Pros: what Cuelume does well

  • Polished sounds with almost no setup
  • No audio files, tiny footprint
  • Free and open source (MIT)

Cons: where it falls short

  • Only useful for products where sound fits
  • Small set of sounds compared with full audio kits

Who Cuelume is for

Front-end developers and designers who want their interface to feel more responsive with subtle sound.

Who can skip it

Teams building content sites where sound would be a distraction.

Cuelume alternatives

Not sold on Cuelume? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Workflows resources

Blendy

Focus: animation, transitions and ui. Shares javascript library with Cuelume. Rated 4.5 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Monoco

Focus: squircle, css and ui design. Shares javascript library with Cuelume. Rated 4.4 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Detail

Focus: design, ui and inspiration. Shares interaction design with Cuelume. A website, not a framework. Rated 4.5 (Cuelume: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

soundcn

Focus: sound effects, web development and open source. Shares ui sounds with Cuelume. A website, not a framework. Rated 4.3 (Cuelume: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.3Visit

shadcn/ui

Focus: ui components, react and tailwind. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Rated 4.9 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.9Visit

Transformers

Focus: transformers, hugging face and ml. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.9 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreemacOS, Windows
4.9Visit

Free alternatives to Cuelume

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Click

Focus: python, cli and command line. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.8 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

GSAP

Focus: animation, javascript and scroll animations. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Rated 4.8 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.8Visit

daisyUI

Focus: tailwind css, ui components and themes. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Rated 4.7 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.7Visit

OpenUI

Focus: generative ui, framework and open source. Also in Workflows, like Cuelume. Rated 4.7 (Cuelume: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit
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