sp-tray

sp-tray is GNOME Shell extension that displays current track information in the system tray using Spotify's dbus interface without using the web API. Like this:

Features

Shows the track, artist and album information, and allows you to customize how it's shown
It uses Spotify's exposed dbus interface to fetch metadata, doesn't use the web API
No premium account necessary

Installation

Preferably, you should:

Alternatively, you could:

Clone this repo anywhere on your computer
Run the install script with ./<path_to_dir>/install.sh
Restart gnome-shell (xorg) and activate the extension via gnome-tweaks. On Wayland you may have to log out and back in.

Dependencies

libgtop and gnome-tweaks as usual to load/install GNOME shell extensions.

Translations

I have provided English, German and Turkish translations. If you'd like to contribute translations, please contact me. There are like 7 strings in total.

License

GPLv2+