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A Spotify overlay widget for KDE/Linux

Project description

Spotify Overlay

A minimal, always-on-top Spotify overlay for Linux.

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Demo

Features

  • Album art, track title, artist, and album name
  • Playback controls (play/pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat)
  • Progress bar with seek support
  • Always-on-top overlay (KDE Plasma only)
  • Communicates with Spotify via D-Bus (MPRIS)

Install

pip install spotify-overlay
spotify-overlay --install

The --install flag adds Spotify Overlay to your app launcher so you can launch it like a normal app!

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/maker-lukas/spotify-overlay.git
cd spotify-overlay
pip install .

Usage

Make sure Spotify is running, then launch Spotify Overlay from your application menu like any other app.

You can also run it from the terminal:

spotify-overlay

Requirements

  • Linux with D-Bus
  • Spotify desktop client
  • Python 3.10+
  • KDE Plasma (for always-on-top support)

License

AGPL-3.0

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