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howler.js

JavaScript playback, sound sprites and spatial audio for browser games.

FreeMITSource checked 2026-10-07

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Make it yours

Use your separately licensed audio with short action cues; tune volume, timing and fades in a browser prototype.
Test sound after a user gesture and keep the MIT notice; this library supplies playback, not music or sound files.

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Choose a small permitted menu sound.

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Interface Sounds

Add audible menu feedback

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Pair audible feedback with clear buttons.

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Replace mismatched UI art

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Explain which input triggers each action.

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What’s inside

Web Audio with HTML5 Audio fallback
Sound sprites, volume/fades and spatial/stereo playback

Best for

Custom / AI-built engines
Browser

How it can improve your game

Reuse browser audio playback and unlock handling instead of rebuilding them.

COST & LICENCE

Know before you build.

Sell a game made with thisYes — conditions apply

Retain the copyright and MIT permission notice in copies or substantial portions of the software.

Resell the files themselvesYes — conditions apply

Retain the copyright and MIT permission notice in copies or substantial portions of the software.

Include in a template/source productYes — conditions apply

Retain the copyright and MIT permission notice in copies or substantial portions of the software.

Scope: Upstream howler.js code covered by MIT at source commit 1d3053576a860e9854645493ad6c4a72c6cc6e45; excludes third-party dependencies, media, trademarks, separately licensed SDKs and hosted services.

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Open-source coreNo charge · upstream code; hosting/integration excluded

This is playback code, not a sound/music asset pack; licence each recording separately. Native desktop/mobile engine integrations are not established. Browser playback may require a user gesture. Latest inspected stable release is v2.2.4 (2023); repository activity continued in 2025.

Web Audio with HTML5 Audio fallback
Sound sprites, volume/fades and spatial/stereo playback

Edition & terms ↗

Limitations & compatibility

This is playback code, not a sound/music asset pack; licence each recording separately.
Native desktop/mobile engine integrations are not established. Browser playback may require a user gesture.
Latest inspected stable release is v2.2.4 (2023); repository activity continued in 2025.

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