Swiftify
Immersive player
A full screen now playing view with a liquid background drawn from the artwork, it moves with the song too...
Still in development
Swiftify, ZERO webviews here.
A desktop Spotify player built with Qt Quick and a Rust core around librespot. Material 3 Expressive styling and eyecandy everywhere, visualizers, an equalizer and STILL lighter on CPU and RAM than Spotify's own client.
Features
Synced lyrics
obviously
Visualizers
Spectrum bars, the background and a halo all drawn on the GPU.
Equalizer, tempo & pitch
Customize the sound with an equalizer, and change the tempo and pitch of your songs.
Local files
For all your "legally" obtained songs, you can edit every track's metadata.
Listening stats
Top songs, artists, albums and genres, from stats.fm or from a local history. No data collection here!
Discord Rich Presence
Show what you're listening to on Discord. (optional)
Light on resources
Uses less CPU and RAM than Spotify's client and all its renderers, even with all the extra eye candy turned on.
Screenshots
Home
The home screen
Download
Prebuilt builds of the latest release. Each one brings its own Qt, so there's nothing else to install.
macOS
Apple silicon · .dmg
- Needs macOS 14.4 or newer. Open the dmg and drag Swiftify into Applications.
- It's signed ad hoc, so the first launch is blocked: open it anyway from System Settings › Privacy & Security, or run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Swiftify.app.
Windows
x86_64 · .zip
- Unzip it anywhere and run
bin\swiftify.exe. Dont move the.exethough... create a shortcut.
Linux
x86_64 · .tar.gz
- Unpack it anywhere and run
bin/swiftify. It needs ALSA and libsecret, which nearly every desktop already has. - Made for Wayland and Hyprland. On Arch,
makepkg -siinpackaging/archbuilds it from source.
Before you start
Spotify Premium
Playback goes through librespot, which only works with a Premium account.
A Spotify client ID
Your library, playlists and search come through your own app in the Spotify developer dashboard. Add http://127.0.0.1:8898/login as a redirect URI and paste the client ID into Swiftify on first launch. No client secret needed.
FAQ
PLEASE read these before opening github issues..!
Does it work with a free Spotify account?
No, Swiftify needs Spotify Premium. Playback goes through librespot, which only works with Premium, and Spotify heavily limits API access for free accounts. Connecting a free account makes the app close with a 403 error.
Issue #88It crashes with a 403 error right after I connect my account
First make sure the account has Premium and that you pasted the client ID of your own app from the developer dashboard. If it still happens, for example after switching from a free account to a Premium one, sign out everywhere from your Spotify account page (“Sign out everywhere”) and connect again.
Issue #93Every song says “Spotify could not load this track”
If the logs show error audio key 0 1, Spotify is refusing librespot the keys to decrypt songs, which happens on newer accounts and affects every app built on librespot. Swiftify can play through Spotify Soloist instead, which isn't affected.
Can I play playlists I don't own?
Yes. Since Spotify's API change in February 2026, the web API only returns the name and cover of playlists you don't own, so Swiftify loads their songs through librespot instead. Your own and collaborative playlists load as before.
Issue #3On Linux I have to log in again every time I open it
An error like “The name is not activatable” means no Secret Service daemon is running, so Swiftify can't save your login. Install and start one, such as KDE Wallet or GNOME Keyring, and the login sticks.
Issue #2macOS says Swiftify can't be opened
The app is signed ad hoc, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open it anyway from System Settings › Privacy & Security, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Swiftify.app. It needs macOS 14.4 or newer on Apple silicon.
Spotify works in my country but Swiftify doesn't
Region blocks come from Spotify and librespot, so Swiftify can't change them, and a VPN or Cloudflare WARP may not help.
Issue #81Audio plays for a moment, then cuts out
This has come down to the audio device so far. Try another output, or unplug and reconnect your audio interface, and check its drivers.
Issue #94Can it show what I'm listening to on Discord?
Yes. Turn it on under Settings › Account › Discord Rich Presence. It's off by default. It shows the song, artist, cover and whether it's paused, but Listen Along isn't supported.
Issue #45Can I control it with keybinds?
Yes. Launching Swiftify again passes the command to the copy that's already running, so swiftify --play-pause, --next, --previous, --immersive and --stats work well as keybinds, for example in Hyprland. The immersive player also has its own button in the app, and a fullscreen mode.
Will there be an RPM package?
No, RPM packages won't be maintained. The Linux tarball brings its own Qt and runs on any distribution, and Arch users can build from packaging/arch with makepkg -si.
Is there song radio?
Not at the moment, and it isn't planned for now.
Issue #95