Continuation of spotify-tui under active fork: spotatui

[LargeModGames]

TLDR

spotify-tui no longer works with recent Spotify changes. I have created a continuation called spotatui that restores the core music features and is under active maintenance.

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Hello,

Thank you to @Rigellute and all contributors for creating this excellent terminal Spotify client. Many people still discover spotify-tui today, and it deserves to continue functioning.

Recently, I wanted to use spotify-tui again, but it no longer worked because of outdated dependencies and changes in the Spotify API. I decided to revive the project by creating an actively maintained continuation that is now working for the key features I use:

spotatui
GitHub: https://github.com/LargeModGames/spotatui
Crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/spotatui

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Improvements in the fork

• Updated to modern dependencies (ratatui, rspotify, tokio, clap, and others)
• Authentication and playback functioning with current Spotify rules
• Music search, browsing, saved library, and playlists tested and working
• Self update command added
• Binaries available for Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Migration instructions included in the README

Features I do not personally use, such as podcasts, are not yet tested. Feedback or help with those areas would be appreciated.

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Intent

My goal is to preserve the spotify-tui experience and provide a working option for users who still rely on a terminal music client. Credit for the original project remains entirely with the original author and contributors.

If the maintainers wish to:

• Add a note in the README linking to spotatui
• Clarify the current status of spotify-tui
• Coordinate community transition and contributions

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Thank you

spotify-tui has been an important tool for many terminal users. I hope that spotatui can help keep that spirit alive and continue to evolve.

Thank you again to everyone who built and contributed to the original project.

— LargeModGames

[sewnie]

Your project was once something i tried to do, but stopped, since the project was too much.

https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player is a better alternative, with the full featureset. spotify-tui only does the basics, while spotify-player does a full client replacement. Please check it out.

[LargeModGames]

Yh I tried spotify-player but didnt get it to work, was probably something I did wrong. So I decided to try and fix spotify-tui so I can get it to work and learn rust at the same time.

So far it is going pretty well to the point I might start adding new features

[LargeModGames]

while spotify-player does a full client replacement.

I actually just got native streaming to work so now its a full client replacement too.

[sewnie]

Does it have playlist manipulation? advanced playback controls? Faster playback, single track loop, multiple audio backends, can function as a daemon, caches audio, has sixel images, better QoL changes and OOBE?

[LargeModGames]

Nope to most of those honestly. No playlist editing, no daemon mode, no sixel images, no playback speed control. Single track loop works though, repeat cycles through context then track then off. Has basic audio caching option and one backend (librespot/rodio). Audio viz uses local FFT (pipewire on linux, cpal elsewhere).

One thing it does have going for it is easier setup. Guided first-run flow, native streaming built-in so no separate spotifyd needed, and in-app settings so you don't have to manually edit config files. Different focus than spotify-player, this was more about learning rust while fixing an abandoned project. Adding features as I go but it's definitely not as feature-complete.

[veni-vedi-vicii]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, i haven't checked it out yet but does it have that album images is it doesn't please add them and I LOVE YOU again i am so happy have been dying about this for a month ig

[LargeModGames]

does it have that album images

It does not and I was not planning on adding that. I want to keep it as minimalistic as possible.

[sewnie]

Keep in mind spotify-player is a full featured client with album covers and has less lines of code than spotify-tui.

[LargeModGames]

I’m not trying to replace every existing Spotify client or match their feature lists.

spotatui exists because spotify-tui is broken for many users. My goal is simply to provide a working, actively maintained version of this specific application for the people who like it, while learning Rust in the process.

Comparing different projects based on arbitrary metrics like lines of code or feature density isn’t very meaningful here. spotify-player is a different project with a different philosophy; this one is for users who want a functional spotify-tui.