# artemgordinskiy/Spotifree

An OS X app that automatically mutes ads on Spotify [DISCONTINUED]

Repository: https://github.com/artemgordinskiy/Spotifree
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spotifree
Homepage: http://spotifree.gordinskiy.com
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-05-08T12:36:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5071, "days_push": 2308, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1050, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.032902+00:00)

## What it is
Spotifree is a free macOS application that automatically detects and mutes audio ads on Spotify by polling the Spotify client. It is discontinued and no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- mute spotify ads automatically on mac
- block audio ads on spotify desktop app
- ad-free spotify listening without premium
- silence spotify commercials on os x

## When to choose
- you are on an older macOS version and want a lightweight native ad muter for Spotify

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the project is discontinued since 2020
- you use Spotify web player or a non-macOS platform
- you want full ad blocking rather than muting

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: spotify, ad-muting, audio-ads, discontinued, swift, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- artemgordinskiy/Spotifree (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.032902+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 2026-08-30T07:00:16.695489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/artemgordinskiy/Spotifree (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.032902+00:00, sha 7bf464432833)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.