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ncspot

Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository: playlists.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Support for tracks, albums, playlists, genres, searching...” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

ncspot is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (BSD-2-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

ncspot is a ncurses Spotify client written in Rust using librespot. It is heavily inspired by ncurses MPD clients, such as ncmpc. A simple and resource friendly alternative to the official client, which also supports platforms that currently don't have a Spotify client, such as the *BSDs. Note that ncspot offers features that are legally incompatible with free Spotify accounts. You must have an existing premium Spotify subscription to use ncspot.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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