Hear What Matters.
Ignore What Doesn't.
Custom notification sounds for Slack, Teams, and any Mac app.
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What apps does Chirpy work with? Every app on your Mac
If it shows up in macOS Notification Center, you can give it a sound. Slack, email, calendar, your messaging apps, anything that pings you.
Every Notification Sounds the Same
Ping. Your manager needs you.
Ping. Someone reacted in #random.
Ping. Production is down.
Same sound. Every time. You have to stop what you're doing and check.
With Chirpy, You Hear the Difference
- Assign unique sounds to channels, people, and keywords
- Pick from 72+ sounds or upload your own
- Know who pinged before you look
Why do people choose Chirpy?
Know Urgency Instantly
A prod alert sounds different from a meme in #random. Hear priority without checking your screen.
Stay Focused Longer
Stop context-switching for low-priority messages. Only break focus when the sound tells you it matters.
Your Rules, Your Sounds
Create rules by channel, person, keyword, or app. Assign any sound. Adjust volume per rule.
Native, Lightweight, Private
A 7.8 MB menu bar app. Runs locally on macOS. Doesn't read your messages or connect to Slack, Discord, or Teams APIs.
Create Notification Rules
Set custom sounds for channels, DMs, keywords, or specific people.
One sound for your manager, another for support tickets, a third for #random.
Upload or Choose Sounds
Bring your own audio files or pick from 72+ curated sounds: From to .
Adjust Volume Per Rule
Fine-tune the volume for each rule, so a #prod-alert can ring loud while #random gently taps your attention. Boost up to 200% for the rules that really need to cut through.Smart Matching
Go beyond simple keywords. Combine conditions with AND / OR and use wildcards (*) to match exactly what you want, like #prod-* OR #incident-*, or #alerts AND deploy....and many more
- Speak notifications aloud instead of playing a sound, pick a voice per rule
- Exclude notifications with a NOT keyword, e.g. "deploy" but not "failed"
- Generate a spoken sound from typed text and save it to your library
- Run a Shortcuts.app shortcut instead of playing a sound
- Works with every app on your Mac, not just Slack and Teams
- Keyboard navigation for the rules list
- Built-in diagnostics to verify your setup, with "Create rule for this" to turn a missed notification straight into a rule
- Light, Dark, or Automatic appearance in Preferences, matches your Mac
How do I set up Chirpy?
Install Chirpy
Download the app and drop it in Applications. Grant accessibility access when prompted.
Create Your Rules
Match channels, people, or keywords to specific sounds. Pick from the library or upload your own.
Hear the Difference
Every notification you've made a rule for now plays the sound you chose. Hear what matters before you look.
Real people, actually loud about it
Every quote is a real Gumroad review, Product Hunt comment, or Reddit reply about Chirpy.
It is so easy and helpful for Slack users, thank you so much!
Great app. I can use a different sound for alerts, DMs, specific people, etc. Well worth it.
I am very impressed with how intuitive and flexible Chirpy is. Support is quick with a reply, even a whole update to fix an issue.
I knew immediately I would be paying for the Pro license the moment I started my 3-day free trial. Well worth the money!
App so nice, I bought it twice — two Macs, two licenses. Great app!
It is so easy and helpful for Slack users, thank you so much!
Great app. I can use a different sound for alerts, DMs, specific people, etc. Well worth it.
I am very impressed with how intuitive and flexible Chirpy is. Support is quick with a reply, even a whole update to fix an issue.
I knew immediately I would be paying for the Pro license the moment I started my 3-day free trial. Well worth the money!
App so nice, I bought it twice — two Macs, two licenses. Great app!
Love that you can preview sounds straight from the list before committing to a rule — such a small detail, but it makes dialing in the right audio effortless.
The per-rule volume control is a really thoughtful touch, so a loud work alert doesn't blast over a quiet DM ping. Glad it's all local too.
Way more useful than a global mute. Runs entirely local, no accounts to create before you can try it.
That's exactly what I've been using it for. I also use it for per-channel notifications since Slack doesn't allow that. Been great for a week now.
This feels like something that should have been there all along. Frustrating not being able to tell which app is posting a notification if they all sound the same.
Love that you can preview sounds straight from the list before committing to a rule — such a small detail, but it makes dialing in the right audio effortless.
The per-rule volume control is a really thoughtful touch, so a loud work alert doesn't blast over a quiet DM ping. Glad it's all local too.
Way more useful than a global mute. Runs entirely local, no accounts to create before you can try it.
That's exactly what I've been using it for. I also use it for per-channel notifications since Slack doesn't allow that. Been great for a week now.
This feels like something that should have been there all along. Frustrating not being able to tell which app is posting a notification if they all sound the same.
chirpy is a layer of sensory control in a world flooded with noise —danilo, engineer & builder of chirpy
How much does Chirpy cost?
One small purchase. A permanent upgrade to how you handle notifications.
Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Treating Every Ping Like It Matters
Try Chirpy free for 3 days. If custom notification sounds don't improve your focus, just delete it.
Download for MacWhat is Chirpy?
Chirpy is a native macOS menu bar app that plays a different notification sound based on rules you write: per Slack channel, per contact, per app, or per keyword. It runs entirely on your Mac and costs $19.99 as a one-time purchase. It requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later and works on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
How do custom notification sounds work on a Mac?
macOS gives you a single system alert sound shared by every app, plus an on/off switch per app. That is the entire native feature set. There is no built-in way to tell one Slack channel apart from another by ear. Chirpy adds that layer: it reads incoming notifications through the macOS Accessibility API, matches the text against your rules, and plays the sound you assigned. Rules combine with AND/OR and support wildcards, so #prod-* can match every production channel at once. Typical rules people write:
- cha-ching.mp3 for #deals, so you hear revenue land without opening Slack.
- urgent.mp3 for your manager, one sound reserved for the person you can't miss.
- hush.mp3 for #random, or no sound at all while keeping the banner.
- alert.mp3 for prod issues, louder, at a higher per-rule volume.
- party.mp3 for #wins, because some notifications should feel good.
Every rule is evaluated locally. Chirpy does not connect to the Slack, Teams, or Discord APIs and notification content never leaves your Mac. Step-by-step instructions for individual apps live in the per-app notification guides, setting a different notification sound for each app covers what macOS can and can't do natively, and the full feature list covers the rule engine in detail.
Which apps do people set up first?
Most setups start with per-channel Slack sounds, then Chrome and the web apps living in it, then the rest of the chat stack: Microsoft Teams, Discord, Messages, Outlook, and WhatsApp. Developers tend to add one more: a sound for when Claude or another AI tool finishes, so a long task can run while you work elsewhere. If Slack has gone silent on you instead, start with the Slack notification sound fix list.