Spotsie

Meet Spotsie,
Spotify without the weight

Spotsie is a native Spotify client. It looks like the Spotify you know, opens in a blink, and doesn’t bring a web browser along for the ride.

Install Spotsie Take a look

Free and open source · Linux, macOS and Windows · Playback needs Spotify Premium

Spotsie's Home page in Spotsie Light: the library sidebar, playlists, and the player bar Spotsie's Home page in Spotsie Dark: the library sidebar, playlists, and the player bar
Native, written in RustNo Electron, no Chromium inside
Feels like homeLaid out like Spotify’s desktop app
A speaker of its ownSpotify Connect, both ways
Private, no telemetryJust you and Spotify

Take a quick look around

A playlist Timed lyrics beside the cover The cover view The queue beside Home An artist's page Search results Settings, in Spotsie Light

Install in one line

Paste this into a terminal. It downloads the latest release, checks it, and puts Spotsie in your apps.

$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahaan-shah/spotsie/main/install.sh | sh

Paste this in your terminal

Portable archives, ARM builds and the macOS disk image are on the latest release.

Sing along, beautifully

Timed lyrics that follow the song, and a cover view that fills the room. Both go full screen, and the player bar steps aside until you reach for it.

Lyrics following the song beside the cover
The cover view

Make it yours

Eleven themes and nine fonts, crossfading as you switch. Or let it follow your system.

Spotsie in the Spotsie Dark theme
Spotsie in the Spotsie Light theme
Spotsie in the Catppuccin theme
Spotsie in the Rosé Pine Dawn theme
Spotsie in the Tokyo Night theme
Spotsie in the Flexoki theme
Spotsie in the Nord theme
Spotsie in the Catppuccin Latte theme
Spotsie in the Gruvbox theme
Spotsie in the Rosé Pine theme
Spotsie in the Everforest theme

What people are definitely saying

“My RAM sent me a thank-you card. Handwritten. I didn’t know RAM could write.”
Lena W.Has 8 GB, feels rich
“I installed it with one line. I now introduce myself at parties as ‘basically a developer’.”
Tom H.Basically a developer
“I closed forty browser tabs to make room for my music player. Turns out I didn’t have to.”
Dev, Senior EngineerReopened all forty
“The lyrics follow the song so well I’ve stopped making up my own. My band is furious.”
Sam L.Retired lyricist
“The icon is a vinyl record. I’ve never owned a record. I now describe myself as a collector.”
Ava R.Vinyl adjacent
“Finally, a music app that opens faster than the punk songs I play in it.”
Rafa M.Two-minute songs only

Testimonials are made up. The app is real.

Standing on good shoulders

Spotsie started from Spotifast by Carmine Paolino. Its sign-in, playback, Spotify Connect and storage are Spotifast’s proven backend; the interface is Spotsie’s own. Playback runs on librespot, the window on egui, and the lyrics come from Spotify and LRCLIB.

The music, artwork and metadata are Spotify’s, through your own Premium account. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB, and Spotsie is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify.

Made byAhaan Shahgithub.com/ahaan-shah