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Install Spotifast with Homebrew Cask
Native Spotify client. Version 0.13.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Native Spotify client
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No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
Homebrew tap
This package is distributed through crmne/tap, a third-party tap.
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Project history and usage
Spotifast is an independent, native Rust desktop client for browsing Spotify libraries, playing music locally and controlling Spotify Connect devices without embedding a browser engine.
Project history
The application began in 2026 under the Fastpotify name. It was developed as a native Rust Spotify client using egui and librespot, with local playback, library browsing and Connect device control.
The project adopted the Spotifast name during the 0.8–0.9 release period. Compatibility releases migrated settings, sign-ins, caches, executables and package identities before later releases removed the old Fastpotify naming.
Adoption history
The project distributes native builds for Linux, macOS and Windows and documents installations through Homebrew, Arch packages, Flatpak, AppImage, Nix and standalone downloads. Its releases added protected native credential storage, broader packaging and a shared native application framework.
Spotifast remains a young independent client. Its documented adoption is best characterized by active cross-platform packaging and community contributions rather than long-term institutional deployment.
How it is used
Users sign in through Spotify in a browser and separately approve local playback. Browsing and search work with free accounts, while playback through Spotifast requires Spotify Premium.
Spotifast can remain in the system tray, handle spotify: links, control other Connect devices, use media keys and expose a small command-line surface for links and session controls.
Why package nerds care
Spotifast is notable as a lightweight Rust alternative to browser-engine music clients. It combines a full desktop library interface with librespot playback, Spotify Connect control, command-line link handling, a Winamp-compatible mini player and MilkDrop visualizations.
Its packaging history also records a complete application rename while preserving user profiles and updater compatibility, a migration problem that desktop package maintainers frequently encounter.
Timeline
- 2026: The project begins under the Fastpotify name.
- 2026: Native releases and package-manager installation expand across Linux, macOS and Windows.
- 2026: The application is renamed Spotifast, with transitional releases migrating profiles and package identities.
Related projects
- librespot supplies Spotifast's Spotify playback and Connect implementation.
- ZapFast is the author's sibling native application and shares the fastframe Rust application foundation.
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for Spotifast. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.config/spotifast/settings.json- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/me.paolino.spotifast/settings.json- Windows
%APPDATA%\paolino\spotifast\config\settings.json
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
Secret Service entry: rocks.spotifast.Spotifast- macOS
Keychain entry: rocks.spotifast.Spotifast- Windows
Credential Manager entry: rocks.spotifast.Spotifast
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-22
manager version0.13.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/crmne/spotifast
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/crmne/spotifastnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:crmne/tap/spotifast |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://github.com/crmne/homebrew-tap/blob/136c968086f77356cd075966d90487b6129599b8/Casks/spotifast.rb |
| Homepage | https://spotifast.rocks |
| Repository | https://github.com/crmne/spotifast |
| Upstream docs | https://spotifast.rocks |
| Source archive | https://github.com/crmne/spotifast/releases/download/v0.13.3/spotifast-v0.13.3-macos-universal.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 0beea961df8295e347d86b5ee584f4fe19343c07b027eeb73aca6708101162b7 |
| Download URL | https://github.com/crmne/spotifast/releases/download/v0.13.3/spotifast-v0.13.3-macos-universal.dmg |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
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