Toggle Muter uses a custom hotkey to mute/unmute the current application in focus. Available for Windows as a lightweight system tray application and for Linux as a bash script.

Windows (portable tray application) Download

Note

When you launch the application for the first time, a "Windows protected your PC" pop-up window may appear, preventing the "unrecognized app from starting". To start the application, click on More info and then click the Run anyway button.

Linux (bash script) Download

1. Download the script

curl -o toggle-muter-linux_v1.0.2.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drewmarsh/toggle-muter/refs/heads/main/linux/toggle-muter-linux.sh

2. Grant the script execute permissions

chmod +x toggle-muter-linux_v1.0.2.sh

3. Install dependencies

sudo apt install xdotool pulseaudio-utils libnotify-bin

4. Bind it to a hotkey (varies by distro)

Linux Mint:

• Navigate to Keyboard → Shortcuts → Add custom shortcut
• Name the shortcut and then set the command to the full path of the script (e.g. /home/[username]/scripts/toggle-muter-linux_[version].sh)
• Under Keyboard shortcuts, click the name of the shortcut that was just added
• Under Keyboard bindings, set the binding to your desired hotkey