# xou816/spot

UNMAINTAINED! Please check out active forks

Repository: https://github.com/xou816/spot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spot
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gnome, rust, spotify, gtk-rs, gtk4, unmaintained
Last push: 2025-10-13T12:38:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2309, "days_push": 324, "days_rel": 624, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2369, forks 129 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.732762+00:00)

## What it is
Spot is a native Spotify client for the GNOME desktop written in Rust with GTK4, built on librespot. It supports playback control, browsing saved albums and playlists, search, playlist management, and MPRIS integration, but requires a Spotify premium account.

## Use cases
- play spotify music on linux without the official client
- native gtk spotify client for gnome
- control spotify playback with mpris
- browse and manage spotify playlists and albums on desktop
- lightweight rust spotify player

## When to choose
- you use GNOME/Linux and have a Spotify premium account
- you want a lightweight native client instead of the Electron web player
- you need MPRIS desktop integration

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - it is unmaintained; use an active fork like riff
- you only have a free Spotify account
- you are not on Linux/GNOME

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, audio-processing, auth
- domain: media, desktop-applications, entertainment
- platform: rust
- tags: spotify-client, gnome, gtk4, librespot, mpris, flathub, unmaintained, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- xou816/spot (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.732762+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:35:26.548126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xou816/spot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.732762+00:00, sha 2c769fd9f66b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.