# howler.js

JavaScript audio library for the modern web that plays sounds through the Web Audio API with an HTML5 Audio fallback.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/howler/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-09
Listed since: 2026-11-09

## Record

### Links

- home: https://howlerjs.com/
- repository: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js
- docs: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md
- x: https://twitter.com/GoldFireStudios

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: James Simpson
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-09-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 25436
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1377910
- contributors: 90
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 10498
- dependentPackages: 463

### Sources

- urls: https://howlerjs.com/ (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- maintainer: https://howlerjs.com/ (read 2026-11-09)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js (read 2026-11-09)
- category: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js/git/commits/f4a6e77d195a9ec7f3893eb173aa8ecf0992ee01 (read 2026-11-09)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js (read 2026-11-09)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js/releases (read 2026-11-09)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js/releases (read 2026-11-09)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js (read 2026-11-09)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/goldfire/howler.js/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-09)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/howler (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/howler (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/howler (read 2026-11-09)

## Notes

howler.js is an audio library for the modern web. It defaults to the Web Audio API and falls back to HTML5 Audio. A Howl object takes sound sources in order of preference and loads the first one that is compatible with the current browser. The [README](https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/blob/master/README.md) lists npm, Bower, hosted CDNs and a repository clone as ways to get started. James Simpson created it, and the LICENSE names GoldFire Studios, Inc. alongside him.

## Worth knowing

Full browser coverage needs at least two audio formats, and the README names mp3 as the fallback for Internet Explorer.

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