Free yourself from the Spotify desktop client with spotifyd
11 days ago
- #macOS
- #Spotify
- #Electron
- Electron apps are resource-heavy and can slow down your computer.
- Spotifyd is a lightweight alternative to the Spotify desktop client.
- Spotifyd runs as a background service (daemon) and can be controlled via spotify-tui.
- Installation on macOS involves Homebrew and configuring a spotifyd.conf file.
- Spotify-tui provides a terminal interface for controlling Spotify playback.
- Spotify Premium is required to use these alternative clients.
- The setup includes adding Spotify credentials to the macOS keychain.
- Spotify-tui requires setting up a Spotify Developer application for authentication.
- The author later switched to Apple Music for a better user experience.