spotify-tui
Productivity
music player client
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Light alternative to the bloated Spotify desktop client
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I've been looking for an alternative to the bloated Electron mess that is Spotify's UI for a long time. It leaks memory like a sieve on Linux and is generally a…
isatty on HN
Fits a command-line workflow
From 1 comment
Late to the party, but this is super cool. This fits my workflow perfectly by letting the me change tracks without leaving the command line. It would be cool to see separate…
mbbennis on HN
Objections
Requires the official Spotify app open to play songs
From 1 comment
You need to have the official Spotify app open in order to play songs
Scarbutt on HN
Is this news given existing Emacs clients
From 1 comment
Is this news? There’s already a Spotify client for Emacs.
sys_64738 on HN
Requests
Playback without the official app open
From 1 comment
> You need to have the official Spotify app open in order to play songs, but you can control all your devices with this app. Will it ever be possible to have it work without the…
travolter on HN
Separate commands for stop, play and skip without opening the TUI
From 1 comment
Late to the party, but this is super cool. This fits my workflow perfectly by letting the me change tracks without leaving the command line. It would be cool to see separate…
mbbennis on HN
Questions
Is there extra value in it being written in Rust
From 1 comment
Is there any extra value that "it is written in Rust"?
redraw on HN
Alternatives named
spotifyd
From 2 comments
As a light weight alternative to the official client, you can try https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd `spotify-tui` uses the Spotify Web API, which doesn't handle streaming…
keliris on HNYes? Spotify dropped their support for libspotify a long time ago so the community had to develop their own replacement. https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd
Spivak on HN
librespot
From 1 comment
Another interesting one is https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot This actually implements the reverse-engineered Spotify protocol and authenticates as a Spotify Connect…
miki123211 on HN
pianobar
From 1 comment
Not Spotify, but for Pandora nothing beats pianobar[1]. I've been using it for years and it's just a delight. No bloated interface, simple and quick to use. 1:…
Amorymeltzer on HN
cmus
From 1 comment
Reminder that there is also CMUS[1] for those of us who prefer pointing to a library of MP3s. 1: https://cmus.github.io/
snide on HN
Spotify Emacs client
From 1 comment
Is this news? There’s already a Spotify client for Emacs.
sys_64738 on HN