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Indicator sound switcher

Sound input/output selector indicator for Linux

From yktoo·Updated June 7, 2026·View on GitHub·

It shows an icon in the indicator area or the system tray (whatever is available in your desktop environment). The icon's menu allows you to switch the current sound input and output (i.e. *source ports* and *sink ports* in PulseAudio's terms, respectively) with just two clicks: The project is written primarily in Python, distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 license, first published in 2012. Key topics include: appindicator, gtk3, indicator-sound-switcher, pulseaudio, python3.

Latest release: v2.3.10.1
August 20, 2024View Changelog →

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Sound Switcher Indicator

Sound input/output selector application for Linux.

It shows an icon in the indicator area or the system tray (whatever is available in your desktop environment). The icon's menu allows you to switch the current sound input and output (i.e. source ports and sink ports in PulseAudio's terms, respectively) with just two clicks:

Screenshot of the indicator

The application makes use of the native PulseAudio API.

For details see:

More in the documentation:

Bug Reporting

Run the application in verbose mode to see the detailed log:

indicator-sound-switcher -vv

and, once the error condition has been reproduced, file a bug report and attach the output to it.

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