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Is there an open source spotify client for linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for something I can use on my laptop. The official spotify client works, but it's a bit slow so was wondering if there are alternatives.

I got a spotify account, so would like to be able to use this one with it.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago (1 children)

There's Spot: https://github.com/xou816/spot which is a GTK client.

It has limited functionality at the moment but enough to find and listen to music.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

I just watched a video about Tauon Music Box this morning https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/rQuqEhaB6uJZanxhDCb3w6. From the video description: Tauon Music Box is a minimalist Spotify Front end and Music Player for the Linux Desktop. It's in active development and designed to be both beautiful and to get out of the way.

https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/

https://github.com/Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Thanks, I'll give it a go

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago

https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui

There is also spotifyd but I think development on it is a bit slow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

I found some here

https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=spotify%20client&ignoreExactMatch=true&platform=linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Mopidy works well but is also slow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Can I use any of these without an account? Is there a way to skip ads? I closed my Spotify account when I heard about their censorship - but, i really used it anyway because of the ads.