Zap For Linux

If you're at least a little bit familiar with the streaming industry, then you probably already know a thing or two about soundboards, those desktop or web apps (or even physical devices) that allow you to play audio clips.

In short, soundboards are one of the best ways to make your live stream a bit more entertaining or funny, if you will.

Zap is one such tool, a Linux-only desktop app that allows you to play all your favorite sound effects.

One nice aspect of Zap is that it's free and open-source. This ensures that your sounds and your data are as protected as possible, which is not something always accurate when using some web soundboard apps out there.

Zap allows you to import any number of audio files with nice or funny sound effects, arrange them in collections, and customize their appearance, but not to a great extent, as you can only customize their color.

The GUI is simplistic and quite clean, without any hidden or complex menus and features.

A nice little soundboard app, but not exactly mind-blowing

Ok, so, by now it should be quite clear what Zap is and what it isn't.

Zap's simplicity might make it appealing to some users who usually prefer minimalist apps, but most other soundboard apps, especially web-based ones offer a lot more in terms of collections of sounds, and more engaging GUIs, all while allowing you to create your own custom soundboard collections.

Using a soundboard to jazz up your live stream might seem like a frivolous concept, especially for those who aren't familiar with the world of streaming, but the effects can have a very big impact.

Zap is a great little app that does its job right, as long as you don't mind the simplicity of the app, and you get yourself a collection of high-quality sound clips. It's free, open-source, and really lightweight, and it allows you to create your soundboard collections from scratch.