Pad Entry Chime for Etherpad

ep_announce is an Etherpad-lite plugin that plays a chime when someone enters a pad. It is disabled by default, and can be enabled using a new switch on the user list panel. The setting is per-browser (stored in cookies).

The chime will play if when new user joins after being absent for at least a few seconds. For instance, it won't play if a user merely refreshes the page.

Installation

Install from the Etherpad admin UI (Admin → Manage Plugins, search for ep_announce and click Install), or from the Etherpad root directory:

pnpm run plugins install ep_announce

⚠️ Don't run npm i / npm install yourself from the Etherpad source tree — Etherpad tracks installed plugins through its own plugin-manager, and hand-editing package.json can leave the server unable to start.

After installing, restart Etherpad.