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Spotifyd/spotifyd

A spotify daemon observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd · homepage · Rust · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 84
  • Release rhythm 33
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 127.5
  • age_days: 4284
  • days_rel: 288
  • days_push: 97
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

10757 stars · 514 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Spotifyd is an open source Spotify client written in Rust that runs as a lightweight UNIX daemon, streaming music like the official client. It supports the Spotify Connect protocol so it appears as a controllable device in official Spotify clients, and requires a Premium account.

Use cases

  • run spotify headless on a raspberry pi
  • play spotify music on a linux server without the official client
  • turn an old computer into a spotify connect speaker
  • lightweight spotify client that uses less memory
  • control music playback from my phone to a home server
  • stream spotify to a device without a gui

When to choose

  • you want a lightweight, headless Spotify client on Linux/macOS/BSD
  • you want a Spotify Connect device on hardware that can't run the official client
  • you prefer an open-source client and have a Premium account

When to avoid

  • you don't have a Spotify Premium account
  • you need the full official client UI with browsing and playlists
  • you need a graphical desktop music player

Facets

application · maturity active

audio-processing cli media self-hosted cross-platform bsd rust cli spotify spotify-connect daemon music-streaming librespot headless audio linux macos

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Spotifyd/spotifydmain69

For agents

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