IPython Bell is a simple magic for IPython and Jupyter Notebooks, which notifies you when the current line/cell has finished execution. This is particularly useful for long tasks. It can make sounds or even make notification bubbles pop up.

IPython bell can be installed as a standard Python package: either from PyPI:

pip install IPythonBell

or from git:

git clone http://github.com/samwhitehall/ipython-bell.git
cd ipython-bell/
python setup.py install

This can be imported into an IPython shell session using either: import ipython_bell or %load_ext ipython_bell

Although you probably want it to load when IPython loads, in which case, edit your IPython profile file (by default ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py) and add ipython_bell to :

c.TerminalIPythonApp.extensions = [
    'ipython_bell'
]

(you may need to create this, and can do so with ipython profile create).

This can be used as a magic for a single line (line magic):

In [1]: %bell print 'hello'
hello

or across multiple lines (cell magic):

In[2]: %%bell
import time
time.sleep(5)

There are four currently available notifiers, selectable with the -n or --notifier arguments:

• Terminal Bell term: prints an audible bell character to stdout (doesn’t work in Notebook).
• Say say: play a system sound & use text-to-speech.
• Notification notify: (default) operating system notification with sound.
• Silent Notification notify-silent: operating notification without sound

Specified as follows (in this case, for notify):

In [1]: %bell -n notify print 'hello'
hello

In[2]: %%bell -n notify
import time
time.sleep(5)

• MacOS: should work out of the box.
• Linux: you may need to install beep and/or libnotify.
• Windows: entirely untested, so please create an issue if it doesn't work (notifications only designed to work work on Windows 10+).