Spotify Downloader
Spotify Downloader is a free, open-source downloader and converter for Windows, macOS and Linux. Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found). It has 26,499 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.
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About Spotify Downloader
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.
Install Spotify Downloader
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
AUR (Arch Linux)
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Is Spotify Downloader free and open source?
Yes. Spotify Downloader's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Spotify Downloader?
the AUR package spotdl. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v4.6.0).
Is Spotify Downloader still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.