# ncspot mit Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ncspot in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ncspot
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ncspot
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ncspot
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ncspot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ncspot
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nc/ncspot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ncspot
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: ncspot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ncspot
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ncspot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/ncspot
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ncspot.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id hrkfdn.ncspot -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: hrkfdn.ncspot from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ncspot
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-23T00:18:35Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ncspot (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.3.4
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ncspot is a Rust terminal Spotify client built with ncurses and librespot. Its upstream README frames it as a simple, resource-friendly alternative to the official Spotify client, inspired by ncurses MPD clients such as ncmpc, with a special appeal on platforms where Spotify does not ship a native client.

### Projektgeschichte

The crate history shows ncspot 0.0.0 published on March 4, 2019, followed by 0.1.0 on November 6, 2019. The project reached 1.0.0 on December 16, 2023 and continued with regular 1.x releases through 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

ncspot spread through the Rust and terminal-user ecosystem rather than through Spotify itself. The README documents packaging for macOS via Homebrew, Windows via Scoop and WinGet, Linux via native packages, Flathub and Snapcraft, and BSD systems. The GitHub project also shows thousands of stars, which fits its role as a polished terminal-native client for a mainstream music service.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users install ncspot to search, browse, queue, and play Spotify tracks from a terminal, often with Vim-like keybindings and a small resource footprint. The practical gotcha is account support: upstream says ncspot requires Spotify Premium because it uses features unavailable to free accounts.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

ncspot is a neat modern example of a TUI app that combines old terminal UI conventions with Rust packaging and a reverse-engineered/open Spotify playback stack. For package managers it is a single binary, but one that depends on the moving Spotify/librespot ecosystem and platform audio backends.

### Zeitleiste

- March 4, 2019: ncspot 0.0.0 appears in the Rust crate/docs release history.
- November 6, 2019: ncspot 0.1.0 released.
- December 16, 2023: ncspot 1.0.0 released.
- May 22, 2026: docs.rs lists ncspot 1.3.4.

### Related projects

- librespot, ncurses, ncmpc, MPD clients, Spotify, Rust

### Quellen

- <https://docs.rs/crate/ncspot/0.0.0>
- <https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.hrkfdn.ncspot>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ncspot>
- <https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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

- Unix: <platform standard configuration directory>/ncspot/config.toml

## Credential files

- Unix: <user cache directory>/librespot/credentials.json
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - ncspot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nc/ncspot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - ncspot - 1.1.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ncspot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client inspired by ncmpc and the likes | https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot
- pacman - ncspot - 1.3.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ncspot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes. | https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot
- zypper - ncspot - 1.3.4-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ncspot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust | https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot
- Scoop - main/ncspot: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ncspot.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - hrkfdn.ncspot: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: hrkfdn.ncspot from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ncspot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ncspot.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
