Note: This is not the official Spotify application and is intended as a web application. This application could potentially become broken whenever Spotify update their Web Player layout. This was created as an alternative to their Spotify Application which was becoming out-dated until recently.
A Node.JS application built with electron to turn Spotify's Web Player into a local player for a stable Spotify Player for Linux replacement
- Notifications
- Tray Icon with Play, Previous, Next, Logout, and Quit functionality.
- Non-intrusive Spotify advertisements (except Spotify playback advertisements).
- D-Bus/MPRIS support
- Sing! A MusixMatch viewer integrated - sing your favourite songs from within the application
- Light theme
- Preferences - Customimize small things that can make a big difference
- Search bar linked to Ctrl+S
- Close To Tray (Minimize To Tray without the Tray Icon)
##Screenshots
Check out the Releases page.
If you cannot find a release, don't worry! It's easy to use with a few simple linux only commands...
Arch and other Linux users will need to make sure libappindicator-1 and libnotify4 (or alternative desktop environment packages) are installed that Electron will be able to use!
Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-1 libnotify4
Download the archive from GitHub
wget https://github.com/Quacky2200/Spotify-Web-Player-for-Linux/archive/master.zip
Extract Spotify Web Player specifically like so:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/bin/spotifywebplayer/lib/electron && sudo unzip master.zip /usr/bin/spotifywebplayer
We must download a few prerequisites
cd /usr/bin/spotifywebplayer && . ./get_prerequisites.sh
Create Application Icon & Application Launcher
sudo cp /usr/bin/spotifywebplayer/spotify-large-transparent.png /usr/share/pixmaps/spotify-web-player.png && sudo echo "[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=0.9.4\nName=Spotify Web Player\nComment=Music for every moment. Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.\nExec=bash /usr/bin/spotifywebplayer/spotifywebplayer\nPath=/usr/bin/spotifywebplayer\nIcon=spotify-web-player\nCategories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;Audio;Player;\nActions=PlayPause;Next;Previous;\nType=Application\nTerminal=false\n[Desktop Action PlayPause]\nName=Play/Pause\nExec=dbus-send --print-reply --reply-timeout=2500 --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotifywebplayer /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause\n[Desktop Action Next]\nName=Next\nExec=dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotifywebplayer /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next\n[Desktop Action Previous]\nName=Previous\nExec=dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotifywebplayer /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous
libappindicator1, libnotify4, wget, unzip
Electron v1.3.4 can be found here: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/v1.3.4