Fastpotify
A fast, native Spotify client in Rust with Winamp skins and MilkDrop visuals
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Spotifast is a lightweight Spotify client for Linux, macOS and Windows, written in Rust with egui and librespot. It launches in under a second and uses 100 to 250 MB of memory against 600 MB or more for the official app, covering playlists, albums, podcasts, search, lyrics and Spotify Connect device switching. It adds a Winamp-style mini player with classic skins, a MilkDrop visualizer, keyboard-first navigation and a system tray. Installs via Homebrew or the AUR. Playback needs Spotify Premium. Version 0.8.0, 557 commits since late August 2026, by Carmine Paolino, creator of RubyLLM.
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