# Install librespot with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman Open Source Spotify client library. Version 0.8.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:librespot ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install librespot ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add librespot ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: librespot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#librespot ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/librespot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S librespot ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: librespot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:librespot - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.8.0 - **Source summary:** Open Source Spotify client library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - librespot (cli) - librespot (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.8.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot - Upstream latest detected: v0.8.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - librespot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/librespot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - librespot - 0.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: librespot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Spotify client library | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot - apk - librespot-openrc - 0.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: librespot-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Spotify client library (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot - pacman - librespot - 0.8.0-5: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: librespot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Open source client library for Spotify | https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go-librespot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-librespot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, spotify, spotify-connect. - [icecast](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/icecast/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [shairport-sync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shairport-sync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [snapcast](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/snapcast/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [libshout](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libshout/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [ezstream](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ezstream/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [mp3cat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mp3cat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming. - [spotify_player](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spotify-player/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, spotify, spotify-connect. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/librespot.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/librespot.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph