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Sonear

Play your Spotify library from a Windows app that stays under 1% CPU and takes its colors from whatever's playing.

Download for WindowsView on GitHub

Version 0.2.0, 40 MB. Needs Windows 11 and Spotify Premium.

First time? The setup guide walks you through it.

Every song brings its own color.

Sonear playing music: colors change with every song, lyrics follow along, the palette searches, and the queue reorders
This is demo mode, so the artists and covers are made up. Sonear isn't affiliated with Spotify.

What it does

Everything is one shortcut away

Press Ctrl K and start typing. You can search, jump to a page, control playback or paste a Spotify link, and if you don't like a shortcut you can change it.

Songs

Midnight CityThe Paper SkiesPlay
AfterglowThe Paper SkiesPlay
UndertowSolistePlay
Stay AwakeNorthboundPlay
SatellitesNorthboundPlay

Commands

Play or pauseRun
Next trackRun
Previous trackRun
LyricsRun
Mini playerRun

Go ahead, type something.

Lyrics that keep up

Synced lyrics from LRCLIB follow the song line by line. Click any line and the song jumps right there.

Click a line to jump to it.

A player that fits in a corner

Shrink Sonear down to a small window that stays on top of everything, then drag it wherever it gets in your way the least.

Midnight City

The Paper Skies

Afterglow

The Paper Skies

Undertow

Soliste

Stay Awake

Northbound

Satellites

Northbound

Try the buttons, or drag it around.

The little things

Light enough to forget it's open

Open with nothing playing, Sonear uses 0.14% of the CPU and about 40 MB of memory. Even while you click around, it stays under 1%.

Idle
0.14% CPU, 39 MB
Playing
0.25% CPU, 41 MB
Using the app
0.87% CPU, 72 MB

Two-minute averages from a release build with a real Spotify account, measured on a Windows 11 laptop with an i5-12500H and a 144 Hz screen. Soloist isn't counted, and the app itself is 36 MB.

Questions

Why do I need my own developer app?
Spotify only gives full API access to big companies. Everyone else makes a free developer app for personal use, which takes about two minutes, and the setup guide shows you how.
Does Sonear send my data anywhere?
Not to us. Sonear talks to Spotify, to LRCLIB while the lyrics are open, and to GitHub when it checks for updates, which you can turn off. If you want everything gone, Delete all Sonear data in Settings wipes it. The privacy policy has the details.
What can't it do yet?
Most of the limits come from Spotify:
  • Soloist builds stop working after 90 days, but Sonear tells you and updates in one click.
  • Playlists you follow don't list their songs, though they play fine and Sonear fills them in as you listen.
  • Search shows 10 results per page, artist pages only list albums, and there are no recommendations.
  • History starts with your last 50 plays and skips podcasts.
  • Crossfade uses your Spotify account's setting, and you can't pick an output device yet.
Is it safe?
Your login and keys are kept in Windows Credential Manager, and Soloist only listens on your own computer. If you find a security problem, email support@hypox.studio.
What's next?
We're working on an MCP server for your own tools, an assistant you can ask for music, and spoken intros between songs. All of it will be optional and stays off until you turn it on.

Give it a spin

Download for Windows

Version 0.2.0, 40 MB. Needs Windows 11 and Spotify Premium.