# zmxv/react-native-sound

React Native module for playing sound clips

Repository: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-sound
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-12T08:27:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3971, "days_push": 202, "days_rel": 323, "gap_med": 161, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2919, forks 784 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.143297+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native module for playing sound clips on iOS, Android, and Windows with full TypeScript support and TurboModule compatibility. It supports loading audio from app bundles, local files, or network URLs with controls for play, pause, seek, volume, pan, and looping.

## Use cases
- play sound effects in a react native app
- play short audio clips on ios and android
- play notification sounds in react native
- loop background audio in a mobile app
- play audio from a network url in react native
- play multiple sounds simultaneously in react native

## When to choose
- you need low-latency playback of short audio clips in a React Native app
- you need cross-platform (iOS/Android/Windows) sound playback with TypeScript support
- you need to play multiple sounds at once or control volume, pan, and looping

## When to avoid
- you need audio streaming of long-form content like music or podcasts - use react-native-video instead
- your project does not use React Native

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: audio-processing, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: react-native, audio-playback, sound-effects, turbo-modules, typescript, audio, ios, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- zmxv/react-native-sound (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.143297+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:34:01.342857+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zmxv/react-native-sound (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.143297+00:00, sha fac3a5f6f382)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-sound (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:31.404277+00:00, sha 47d5ddc93f7a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.