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title: Fastpotify
description: A fast, native Spotify client for Linux, macOS, and Windows, written in Rust.
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  name: Fastpotify
  text: Spotify, native and fast
  tagline: A lightweight Spotify client with local playback, library access, and Spotify Connect controls for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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      text: Download
      link: /download/
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      text: What is Fastpotify?
      link: /what-is-fastpotify/
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      text: GitHub
      link: https://github.com/crmne/fastpotify
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    alt: "Fastpotify showing the Late night focus playlist with the queue panel open, a track playing, and the library in the sidebar"
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features:
  - icon: ⚡
    title: Lightweight
    details: A native binary with no embedded browser engine. It starts in well under a second and uses little memory while it runs.
  - icon: 🔊
    title: Spotify Connect
    details: Play locally, gapless and at up to 320 kbps, or control playback on a speaker, phone, or TV from the same window.
  - icon: 📚
    title: Library and search
    details: Browse playlists, Liked Songs, albums, artists, and podcasts. Search the catalogue and edit playlists you own.
  - icon: 🎨
    title: Familiar interface
    details: Pages and the player can take their colour from the album art. Choose a light or dark theme, or follow the system.
  - icon: ⌨️
    title: Desktop controls
    details: Keyboard shortcuts, MPRIS media controls on Linux, and a tray option that keeps music playing after you close the window.
  - icon: 🔓
    title: Open source
    details: MIT-licensed Rust built with egui and librespot. The connection and credential model is documented in full.
    link: https://github.com/crmne/fastpotify
    link_text: Read the source
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