earshot
earshot is an agent app that lets coding agents hear and check sound for films, demos, and games for developers making sound in code.
What it is good for
- Checking whether a sound effect matches a written description
- Finding the best moment inside a long audio recording
- Making sound effects in code and improving them by listening
- Scoring a launch video's sound and timing against reference films
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, MCP
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #13, week 43, 2026)
- Best rank
- #12 week 42, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 3,482
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is earshot free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use earshot?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does earshot work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code and MCP.
- What is earshot good for?
- Checking whether a sound effect matches a written description, finding the best moment inside a long audio recording, making sound effects in code and improving them by listening, and scoring a launch video's sound and timing against reference films.
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