spotDL/spotify-downloader
Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 12 days ago, with 180 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Downloads Spotify playlists and songs by finding matching tracks on YouTube, including album art, lyrics, and metadata.
- Provides the fastest and most accurate command-line music downloader that ensures high-quality audio and comprehensive metadata embedding.
- Use for offline listening by downloading entire Spotify playlists with metadata and album art for personal use.
- Use for syncing local music libraries with Spotify playlists, automatically updating added or removed tracks.
- Use for developers needing a Python-based tool to automate music downloads and metadata management from Spotify and YouTube.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
spotDL finds songs from Spotify playlists on YouTube and downloads them - along with album art, lyrics and metadata.
spotDL: The fastest, easiest and most accurate command-line music downloader.
Refer to our Installation Guide for more details.
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Forks
2.3K+101
Open issues
94+8
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