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Spotify tray

Adds a tray icon to the Spotify Linux client application. Only compatible with Xorg, does not work in Wayland.

Features:

  • Basic playback control through right-click menu
  • Hiding the main client window ("minimize to tray")

XWayland

In order to run Spotify tray under Wayland you will need to force X11 backend of GDK like so:

GDK_BACKEND=x11 spotify-tray

Installation

  • Clone this repository
  • autoreconf -ivf
  • ./configure
  • make
  • Optionally make install will put the resulting binary to /usr/local/bin

Disclaimer

This software is in no way official and has nothing to do with the Spotify Technology S.A. company. Its only purpose is to add functionality missing in the official client.

Spotify is a registered trademark of Spotify AB.