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Spotube

Freedom of music.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

At a glance

All of Spotube is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-4-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Open source music client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile! Following are the features that currently spotube offers: 🚫 No ads, thanks to the use of public & free music metadata providers and YT Music APIs¹ ⬇️ Downloadable tracks 🖥️ 📱 Cross-platform support 🪶 Small size & less data usage 🕵️ Anonymous/guest login 🕒 Time synced lyrics ✋ No telemetry, diagnostics or user data collection 🚀 Native performance 📖 Open source/libre software 🔉 Playback control is done locally, not on the server

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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