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lazyspotify

A terminal Spotify client.

Requirements

• A Spotify Premium account.
• A working system keyring.
• The patched lazyspotify-librespot daemon (only if you are installing from source or running an unpackaged build)
• On Linux, one of wl-clipboard, xclip, or xsel if you want clipboard support on the auth screen.

Install

Homebrew

brew tap dubeyKartikay/lazyspotify
brew install lazyspotify

Arch Linux

yay -S lazyspotify-bin

Nix

Available in Nixpkgs.

nix run nixpkgs#lazyspotify

GitHub Releases

Download the latest package from GitHub Releases.

• macOS: signed .zip
• Ubuntu/Debian: .deb
• Fedora/RHEL: .rpm
• Arch: .tar.gz

Example package installs:

sudo dpkg -i lazyspotify-*.deb
sudo dnf install ./lazyspotify-*.rpm

Build From Source

Build the app:

git clone https://github.com/dubeyKartikay/lazyspotify.git
cd lazyspotify
make build

Then build the patched daemon from dubeyKartikay/go-librespot and point librespot.daemon.cmd at that binary in your config.

If you build lazyspotify yourself and do not compile in a packaged daemon path, librespot.daemon.cmd is required.

Demos

Play A Track From Playlist > Track

Player Controls

Library Navigation

Search

Set Up Your Spotify Client ID

lazyspotify requires your own Spotify app client ID.

1. Open the Spotify Developer Dashboard.
2. Create a new app with:
   • App name: lazyspotify
   • App description: terminal based spotify client
   • Website: https://github.com/dubeyKartikay/lazyspotify
   • Redirect URIs: http://127.0.0.1:8287/callback
   • APIs used: Web API, Web Playback SDK
3. Copy the app's Client ID.
4. Put the Client ID in config.yml or export it as an environment variable. See Configuration.

Minimal config:

auth:
  client_id: your_spotify_app_client_id

Environment override:

export AUTH_CLIENT_ID=your_spotify_app_client_id

If you change auth.host, auth.port, or auth.redirect-endpoint, update the Spotify app Redirect URI to match exactly.

Configuration

Config file locations:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/lazyspotify/config.yml
• Linux: ~/.config/lazyspotify/config.yml

If the file is missing, lazyspotify creates config.yml with:

auth:
  client_id: your_spotify_app_client_id

Then replace your_spotify_app_client_id with your Spotify app Client ID.

Minimal config for package installs:

auth:
  client_id: your_spotify_app_client_id

Minimal config for source or manual installs:

auth:
  client_id: your_spotify_app_client_id

librespot:
  daemon:
    cmd:
      - /absolute/path/to/lazyspotify-librespot

The generated daemon config is written automatically under the librespot/ subdirectory inside the app config directory. You usually do not need to edit it manually.

Auth Settings

Key	Required	Default	Notes
log_level	No	ERROR	App log level for lazyspotify.
auth.client_id	Yes	none	Your Spotify app client ID.
auth.host	No	127.0.0.1	Host used for the local OAuth callback server.
auth.port	No	8287	Port used for the local OAuth callback server.
auth.redirect-endpoint	No	/callback	Callback path for Spotify OAuth.
auth.timeout	No	30	Auth server shutdown timeout in seconds.
auth.keyring.service	No	spotify	Keyring service name for stored tokens.
auth.keyring.key	No	token-v2	Keyring key for stored tokens.

Librespot Settings

Key	Required	Default	Notes
librespot.host	No	127.0.0.1	Host for the local playback API server.
librespot.port	No	4040	Port for the local playback API server.
librespot.timeout	No	180	Playback API timeout in seconds.
librespot.retry-delay	No	100	Retry delay in milliseconds.
librespot.max-retries	No	3	Retry count for daemon calls.
librespot.seek-step-ms	No	5000	Seek step size in milliseconds.
librespot.volume-step	No	20	Volume step percentage (0-100) used for volume controls.
librespot.daemon.cmd	Sometimes	none	Required for source/manual installs unless a packaged daemon path was compiled into the binary.
librespot.daemon.log_level	No	ERROR	Log level written into the generated librespot daemon config.
librespot.daemon.zeroconf_enabled	No	false	Enables zeroconf in the daemon config.

Environment variables can override config values by replacing . and - with _. Examples: LOG_LEVEL, AUTH_CLIENT_ID, LIBRESPOT_DAEMON_LOG_LEVEL.

Run

Start the app with:

lazyspotify

If you built from source:

./target/lazyspotify

Print build metadata:

lazyspotify version

Development

make run
go test ./...

Community

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• Contributing Guide
• Security Policy