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Your Mac
that yaps
back. MacYaps — funny Mac audio clips for every system event

MacYaps is a menu bar app that plays funny Mac audio clips every time something happens on your Mac.

Battery dying? WiFi drops? Charger plugged in? High CPU? It yaps.

Think of it as giving your laptop a personality. Chaotic and hilarious… or calm and professional. Whatever vibe you’re feeling today.

New: it now speaks up for Claude Code too — hear a sound the moment your AI agent needs you or finishes a task.

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🍎 macOS 13 Ventura or later · Menu bar app · $4.99

10+
System triggers
7+
Built-in voice packs
0
Subscriptions, ever
New in 1.1 · Built for developers

Make Claude Code
talk back.

Prompt, then walk away. MacYaps plays a sound the moment Claude Code needs your input or permission — and another when it's done. No more babysitting the terminal wondering whether your AI agent is still working or quietly waiting on you.

🗣️ Claude Code
A sound when Claude needs you
"OI mate, I have a question — come back!" — the second Claude Code waits on your input or a permission prompt.
✅ Claude Code
A sound when Claude finishes
"All done, legend. What's next?" — know the instant Claude Code finishes a task, without staring at the terminal.
⚡ One click
No config files. No scripts.
Flip it on in the new Agents tab — MacYaps wires up the Claude Code hooks for you, and removes them cleanly when you turn it off.

Choose any character voice for each event, shuffled so it never gets old. Want a sound for Codex, Gemini CLI, or Cursor too? Support for more AI coding agents is coming soon. Prefer to wire it up yourself? See the Claude Code setup guide.

Download MacYaps How it works →
Every trigger

Your Mac's inner
monologue, unleashed.

Everything that happens quietly in the background? MacYaps turns into a moment.

🤖 Coding Agents
Claude Code Needs You — or Finishes
"OI mate, I have a question — come back!" A sound when Claude Code needs your input, and when it's done. Codex, Gemini & Cursor coming soon.
🔋 Battery
Low Battery — Customizable Thresholds
"This is the end, my only friend. We are at 5%."
🔌 Battery
Charger Plugged In
"Finally. I was starting to write my will."
🪫 Battery
Charger Unplugged
"Oh great. Living dangerously again, are we?"
💯 Battery
Fully Charged
"100%. Peak form. Absolute unit. Unplug me, coward."
🔥 CPU
Sustained High CPU
"I cannot keep doing this. Close something. ANYTHING."
📡 WiFi
WiFi Disconnected
*four seconds of uninterrupted sad trombone*
📶 WiFi
WiFi Reconnected
"WE'RE BACK. The dark times are over. For now."
⚡ WiFi
Latency Spike
"Everything is loading. Everything is suffering."
🖱️ USB
USB Device Connected
"New device detected. Let's hope it's not another mystery flash drive."
🔌 USB
USB Device Unplugged
"Gone without warning. As all good things are."
🔜 More to come
More triggers coming soon. Free updates forever.
How these triggers actually work

MacYaps uses Apple's native OS frameworks to listen for events — almost entirely without polling.

Battery & USB

IOKit delivers a push notification the moment the system detects a power source change or a USB device connects/disconnects. MacYaps registers a callback and goes back to sleep.

WiFi

NWPathMonitor (Apple's Network framework) pushes an event when your network path changes (drops, reconnects). MacYaps also runs a periodic latency ping to 1.1.1.1 to catch slow connections that technically stay "connected."

CPU

The only monitor that polls: every 5 seconds it asks the kernel for processor tick counts. If load has been sustained above your threshold, it fires. If not, nothing happens.

Coding Agents

A different kind of trigger: MacYaps hooks into Claude Code's own notification and stop events, so it fires the instant Claude needs your input or finishes a task — no polling, no watching your screen. See the Claude Code FAQ →

The result: the app sits at ~0% CPU while idle, and your battery won't notice it's there.

Voice packs

Pick your
Mac's personality.

Swap voice packs to match your vibe. Or just rotate them until your coworkers are concerned.

🍀
Cheeky Irish Lad
Included

A lad with opinions. Low battery? "Ah Jaysus, would ya not plug that in." Every event gets a sarcastic Dublin commentary.

🎭
Italian Opera Man
Included

WiFi drops? Full aria. Charger plugged in? Triumphant overture. Your Mac has become a one-man opera and nothing is proportionate.

😈
Memes
Included

Classic internet chaos energy. Vine booms, bruh sounds, distorted audio from clips you forgot existed.

🗽
New Yorker
Included

No patience, no filter, no time for this. USB connected? "FINALLY." CPU overheating? "What is WRONG with you." Pure New York energy.

🦘
Thick Australian
Included

Crikey, the battery's at 5%! She'll be right, mate — except she won't be. Sun's out, volume's up, and your Mac's havin' a ripper time.

💅
Valley Girl
Included

Oh. My. God. Your battery is literally dying right now. Like, why would you even do this? Charger connected? "Yaaaas, slay queen."

🏎️
British Race Car Commentator
Included

That unmistakable rapid-fire British voice — crisp, urgent, slightly too intense for the situation. Battery dying never sounded so professionally catastrophic.

📂
Bring Your Own
Included

Upload any audio file and assign it to any trigger. Your sounds, your Mac, your chaos. No rules, total creative control.

You are solely responsible for any audio files you add to MacYaps. Make sure they do not infringe copyrights, trademarks, or other third-party rights.MacYaps and its developers are not liable for any legal issues caused by user-added sounds.

🔜
More to come
Coming soon

More voice packs coming soon. Free updates forever.

From the community

People are talking.

“

Instant purchase (bought before I saw the PH coupon code). Fantastic idea really well executed. I love the sound packs included. Literally LOL'd at the Cheeky Irish Guy! He's my new favourite!

Craig P. · via Product Hunt
“

The voice packs sound like the main attraction. Savage New Yorker reacting to low battery is something I didn't know I needed 😂

Alan G. · via Product Hunt
“

Very smart! Love the idea! Congratulations on the launch!

Antonin K. · via Product Hunt
“

Love it, keep up the good work!

Robert H. · via Product Hunt
“

Really sharp launch MacYaps, giving your system real-time personality like this is a fun but actually underrated shift, especially when it's tied to real events like CPU spikes, battery drops, and system changes instead of just static automation.

@ctranbtw · via X
Pricing

No tricks.
No subscription.

Pay once, yap forever. That's the whole deal.

🔒
One-time purchase
No monthly fees, no "pro tier", no gotcha.
♾️
Free updates forever
New triggers and voice packs land in your copy automatically.
🛡️
No account required
No sign-up, no email harvesting. Ever.
🍎
macOS 13+ only
Ventura, Sonoma, Sequoia. Intel and Apple Silicon.
MacYaps · Full License
$4.99
One-time · Lifetime license · All future updates included
Includes 3 activations on your personal Macs
  • ✓ All 10 system triggers (battery, WiFi, CPU, USB — with configurable thresholds) (More to come)
  • ✓ Voice for Claude Code — a sound when your AI coding agent needs your input or finishes (Codex, Gemini & Cursor coming soon)
  • ✓ 7 built-in voice packs included (More to come)
  • ✓ Custom audio
  • ✓ Per-trigger toggle controls
  • ✓ Lives in your menu bar
  • ✓ Free updates, including new packs, triggers and more forever
Download Purchase Key

macOS only · Made by an indie dev

30-day refund guarantee — if it doesn't work for you, email [email protected]

FAQ

A sound when Claude Code is done?

How do I make Claude Code play a sound when it's done?

Install MacYaps and turn on Voice for Claude Code in the Agents tab. It plays a sound — and a funny voice line — every time Claude Code finishes a task. No config files or scripts required.

Can I get a notification sound when Claude Code needs my input or permission?

Yes. MacYaps plays a distinct alert the moment Claude Code is waiting on you for input or a permission prompt, so you can step away from the terminal and still know exactly when to come back.

Does MacYaps work with other AI agents like Codex, Gemini, or Cursor?

Claude Code is supported today. Support for Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor is coming soon.

Do I need to edit config files or run scripts to set it up?

No. It's one click in MacYaps — it sets up the Claude Code hooks for you and removes them cleanly when you turn the feature off.

Is MacYaps a subscription?

No. MacYaps is a one-time $4.99 purchase for macOS 13 Ventura or later, with free updates.

Feature Log

What's new.

v1.1.0 Latest Jun 26, 2026
  • →Voice for Claude Code — MacYaps now plays a sound when Claude Code needs your input or permission, or finishes a task. One-click setup in the new Agents tab.
  • →All character voices included for agent alerts, shuffled so they don't get repetitive
  • →Quick Agents on/off toggle in the menu bar
  • →Sound pickers now show only the sounds relevant to each event, plus a new search bar in the Sounds tab
  • →Shuffle no longer repeats the same clip back-to-back
v1.0.7 Apr 26, 2026
  • →Stability improvements and minor fixes
v1.0.6 Apr 16, 2026
  • →Rename "Cheeky Irish Man" to "British Race Car Commentator" based on voice feedback
  • →Add new sound pack "Cheeky Irish Lad"
v1.0.5 Apr 7, 2026
  • →Update support email
v1.0.4 Apr 7, 2026
  • →Bugs and improvements
v1.0.3 Apr 2, 2026
  • →Add Reset to Default button
  • →Default audio file picker to /Downloads folder
v1.0.2 Apr 2, 2026
  • →Update default sounds
  • →Improve WiFi trigger detection
v1.0.1 Apr 1, 2026
  • →Add Feature and Bug Request URL to Settings
  • →Add email support to About modal
v1.0 Apr 1, 2026
  • →MacYaps V1 Launch 🎉

Your Mac has been
too quiet for too long.

Give it a personality. A funny one, a serious one or both. Your choice.

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