# Install spotify_player with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Command driven spotify player. Version 0.24.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#spotify-player.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:spotify_player
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install spotify_player
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install spotify-player
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/spotify-player/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add spotify-player
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spotify-player from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#spotify-player
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spotify-player/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S spotify-player
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: spotify-player from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/spotify-player
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/spotify-player.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id aome510.spotify-player -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: aome510.spotify-player from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:spotify_player
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.24.1
- **Source summary:** Command driven spotify player
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20T16:00:54Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- spotify_player (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.24.1
## Project history and usage

spotify-player is a Rust terminal Spotify client with a command-driven TUI, local streaming through librespot, CLI subcommands, and configurable keyboard-oriented workflows.

### Project history

The official repository was created in 2021. Its README describes the project as a fast, easy-to-use, configurable terminal music player, and the GitHub About text frames it as a Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity.

### Adoption history

spotify-player has broad package-manager reach for a terminal media app. The input records packaging in Alpine, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and WinGet, reflecting cross-platform interest in a CLI/TUI Spotify client.

### How it is used

Users run the interactive TUI for playback, search, library navigation, queueing, liking tracks, and device switching. The README also documents CLI subcommands such as get, playback, search, connect, like, authenticate, and playlist for scripting and terminal automation.

### Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because spotify-player packages a modern terminal UX around Spotify, OAuth credentials, librespot streaming, optional features, and cache/config directories. It sits in the lineage of terminal Spotify clients while exposing enough CLI surface to be useful in shell scripts.

### Timeline

- 2021: GitHub repository created.
- 2024: README notes Spotify Web API quota changes relevant to custom client IDs.
- Current: Repository metadata shows thousands of stars and continued development.

### Related projects

- The README acknowledgement says spotify-player is built on ratatui, rspotify, and librespot, and is inspired by spotify-tui and ncspot.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/aome510/spotify-player: official repository metadata including creation date.>
- <https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player README: project description, authentication, CLI commands, acknowledgement, config and cache paths.>
- <https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/blob/master/docs/config.md: official configuration files and options.>
- input.source_facts.package-manager: package-manager presence across Alpine, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and WinGet.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.config/spotify-player/app.toml, ~/.config/spotify-player/theme.toml, ~/.config/spotify-player/keymap.toml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.cache/spotify-player/user_client_token.json, ~/.cache/spotify-player/credentials.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - spotify-player: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spotify-player/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - spotify-player - 0.23.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spotify-player from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command driven spotify player | https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player
- pacman - spotify-player - 0.24.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: spotify-player from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A command driven spotify player | https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player
- MacPorts - spotify-player: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/spotify-player/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/spotify-player: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/spotify-player.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - aome510.spotify-player: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: aome510.spotify-player from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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