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Spotube: An open source, cross-platform Spotify client (github.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!

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[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 113 points 10 months ago

But it's not a Spotify client, is it?

IIRC it uses Spotify APIs to generate playlists, but that's all.
Actual music gets streamed from YouTube.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 43 points 10 months ago

Thanks. I was interested how it was getting access to Spotify music library and suggestion algorithms but turns out it just isn't.

Wonder why is trying to pretend to be Spotify when it could just market itself as a YouTube music interface.

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 35 points 10 months ago

I don't know why, but personally it really rubs me the wrong way.

It's not really "false advertising", since it's not a paid app, but still...

Real open source alternatives exist, but they require Spotify Premium to actually stream music legally straight from Spotify.

[-] B0rax@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

What are those open source alternatives you mention?

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

A few are mentioned here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Spotify#Third-party_clients

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 2 points 10 months ago

Are those Spotify alternative clients just for a better ux?

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but I don't really use them, so not the best person to ask. :)

[-] mars296@kbin.social -3 points 10 months ago

I don't really see any false advertising. It is explicitly described as exactly what it is.

"An open source, cross-platform Spotify client compatible across multiple platforms utilizing Spotify's data API and YouTube, Piped.video or JioSaavn as an audio source, eliminating the need for Spotify Premium"

I guess it lacks the suggestion algo but that's the privacy compromise I guess.

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

No, it's not.

It says it's a "Spotify client". It simply isn't.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Read the next few words

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Because people like me want all my spotify playlists regardless of where they are getting streamed.

[-] BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I tried it and the quality wasn't great

[-] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yup, tried it for a week straight now on both desktop and android, and although a great application, it isn't quite ready for me to transfer to it fully at least. But defo keeping a close eye on the development 😊