# Spotifyd/spotifyd

A spotify daemon

Repository: https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spotifyd
Homepage: https://spotifyd.rs
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: spotify, spotifyd, linux, daemon, rust
Last push: 2026-05-28T17:31:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 33, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4284, "days_push": 97, "days_rel": 288, "gap_med": 127.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10757, forks 514 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.164151+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, cli
- domain: media, self-hosted, cross-platform
- platform: bsd, rust, cli
- tags: spotify, spotify-connect, daemon, music-streaming, librespot, headless, audio, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Spotifyd/spotifyd (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.164151+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 2026-08-29T17:17:53.966110+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.164151+00:00, sha f63091d0695f)
  - homepage: https://spotifyd.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:52.377646+00:00, sha 0b7cf360c367)
  - site_page: https://docs.spotifyd.rs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:52.380455+00:00, sha 415ae0c4afda)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/spotifyd (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:52.382403+00:00, sha d16b9517350e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.