macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install librespotlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install librespot with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman
Open Source Spotify client library. Version 0.8.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add librespotAlpine Linux edge package indexes · librespot · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#librespotnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/librespot/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S librespotArch Linux sync databases · librespot · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Open Source Spotify client library
Project links
Commands and aliases
- librespot
history
Project history and usage
librespot is an open source Rust client library and CLI for Spotify playback and Spotify Connect receiver use. It occupies the unofficial-client space left by Spotify's deprecated closed-source libspotify, with the important limitation documented by the project that it only supports Spotify Premium accounts.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created on November 15, 2017. Its README describes the project as an open source client library that enables applications to use Spotify's service through multiple audio backends and act as a Spotify Connect receiver.
The annotated v0.1.0 tag, dated November 6, 2019, is marked as the initial release. Subsequent releases through the 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 0.7 lines show the project evolving from a library experiment into a regularly packaged Rust command-line service used by headless speakers, embedded systems, and desktop integrations.
Adoption history
librespot gained package-manager adoption because it solved a specific problem: make a machine appear as a Spotify Connect speaker without running Spotify's full proprietary desktop client. Its Rust implementation, CLI packaging, multiple audio backends, and availability on crates.io made it attractive for small servers, single-board computers, appliance images, and music-player projects.
The project remains sensitive to Spotify protocol changes because it interoperates with a proprietary service rather than a public stable protocol. That makes its release history interesting to maintainers: breakage often lands as authentication, API, metadata, or playback fixes rather than ordinary library feature work.
How it is used
The README documents cargo install librespot and a CLI invocation such as creating a named speaker with a bitrate setting. In packaged deployments it is commonly run as a background service with explicit backend, device name, bitrate, cache, and authentication options.
Why package nerds care
librespot is package-nerd significant because it is both useful and inherently awkward: an open client for a proprietary streaming ecosystem, written in Rust, shipped as a CLI daemon, and dependent on reverse-engineered behavior. It is the sort of package that turns old speakers, Raspberry Pi boxes, NAS machines, and desktops into network audio endpoints.
Timeline
- 2017-11-15: GitHub repository created.
- 2019-11-06: v0.1.0 initial release tag dated.
- 2021-05-04: v0.2.0 release published.
- 2022-05-22: v0.4.0 release published.
- 2024-10-15: v0.5.0 release published.
- 2025-08-31: v0.7.1 release published.
Related projects
- Related projects include Spotify Connect clients, Mopidy integrations, pyspotify/libspotify-era applications, librespot-java, audio backends such as ALSA and PulseAudio, and service wrappers used by headless media appliances.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/librespot-org/librespot
- https://api.github.com/repos/librespot-org/librespot/git/tags/9726ccb42c64a96e17b34a61296166af6a1b3fc0
- https://api.github.com/repos/librespot-org/librespot/releases?per_page=100
- https://crates.io/crates/librespot
- https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
librespot | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.8.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.8.0
https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:librespot |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/librespot |
| Homepage | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot |
| Repository | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.0.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | librespot |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
librespot
nix profile install nixpkgs#librespot- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librespot
apk95%
librespot 0.8.0-r0
Open Source Spotify client library
https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
sudo apk add librespot- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librespot
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librespot
apk95%
librespot-openrc 0.8.0-r0
Open Source Spotify client library (OpenRC init scripts)
https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
sudo apk add librespot-openrc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librespot
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librespot
pacman95%
librespot 0.8.0-5
Open source client library for Spotify
https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
sudo pacman -S librespot- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 8 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librespot
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment