Spooty

Spooty is a self-hosted web app for downloading tracks, albums, and playlists from Spotify URLs. It uses the Spotify API for metadata, then searches for matching audio on YouTube and downloads it locally.

Key Features

• Download from Spotify track, album, and playlist links
• Subscriptions to playlists or artist pages to automatically download newly released songs
• Web UI for managing downloads and sources
• Configurable output format via FFmpeg (MP3 fully supported)
• Rate limiting for YouTube downloads and optional YouTube cookies support for restricted content
• Local SQLite database for application state

Use Cases

• Building and maintaining a personal offline music library from Spotify collections
• Monitoring specific playlists or artists and auto-downloading new releases
• Running a home server tool to centralize music downloads for local playback systems

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires Spotify Developer credentials (client ID/secret) to access the Spotify API
• Audio is obtained from YouTube matches, so results and metadata quality can vary
• Depends on external tools/services (FFmpeg, Redis recommended) and YouTube availability/constraints

Spooty combines Spotify metadata with automated YouTube downloading to provide a self-hosted workflow for collecting music locally. It is best suited for users who want an always-on downloader with subscription-style updates and a simple web interface.