# jwallet/spy-spotify

🎤 Records Spotify to mp3 without ads and adds media tags to the files 🎵

Repository: https://github.com/jwallet/spy-spotify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spy-spotify
Homepage: https://jwallet.github.io/spy-spotify/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: spotify, mp3, recorder, media, music, windows
Last push: 2025-07-31T22:55:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 34, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3582, "days_push": 398, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2381, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.325416+00:00)

## What it is
Spytify is a Windows desktop application that records Spotify audio output in real time, skipping ads and automatically splitting songs into separate tracks. It saves recordings as MP3 or WAV with media metadata and album covers at the same quality Spotify streams.

## Use cases
- record spotify playlists to mp3 files
- save spotify music offline without ads
- record spotify audio with media tags and album art
- split spotify recording into separate tracks automatically
- capture spotify at 320kbps premium quality
- record spotify overnight with virtual audio cable

## When to choose
- you want recordings identical to Spotify's official stream quality rather than YouTube rips
- you need automatic track splitting, ad skipping, and metadata tagging
- you are on Windows and use a Spotify free or premium account

## When to avoid
- you want fast downloads rather than real-time recording
- you are on Linux or macOS
- you need a tool that works without Spotify playing the audio

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: spotify-recorder, mp3, media-tags, audio-recording, music, audio, desktop

## Member repositories
- jwallet/spy-spotify (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.325416+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 2026-08-30T02:34:45.063089+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jwallet/spy-spotify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.325416+00:00, sha 4b7c4bfda881)
  - homepage: https://jwallet.github.io/spy-spotify/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:40.620583+00:00, sha 37ea0b6a12d6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.