Spotio

A proof-of-concept Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify.app

Download
Current version: v1.0

Subscribe for Updates

Until I have a working update system in order, please subscribe below for updates on Spotio development! No spam, ever. Seriously.

Important: Please make sure you allow apps from anywhere in your Mac's Security preferences, otherwise this app will not launch!

Screenshots

Screenshot of Spotio, an Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify Screenshot of Spotio, an Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify Screenshot of Spotio, an Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify Screenshot of Spotio, an Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify Screenshot of Spotio, an Rdio-inspired skin for Spotify

Installation

Known/Possible Issues

There may be some issues with this as of now but these are untested/unproven.

Why?

I sorely miss Rdio. It was the perfect music streaming service: quality streaming, massive selection, perfect UX, beautiful UI, and wonderful social interaction features. When it was bought by Pandora, many of us were left out in the dust and were forced to choose between lesser services like Apple Music, Spotify, and Google Play Music.

I know this little theme can't recreate the amazing product that Rdio was, but I'm really glad that I found a small way to pay tribute to Rdio's product and UI in my own way. This isn't perfect, it isn't Rdio, but as of now it's the closest we're going to get.

If you decided to go with Spotify but, like me, you miss Rdio's light UI, you're in luck—I discovered that you can skin the Spotify app with CSS.

Disclaimer: I have nothing but respect for the Spotify design and engineering teams, and undertaking this project has served only to increase that respect. They're really, really brilliant teams doing things that I admire greatly. I appreciate the design decisions they made while designing the app, but I prefer a light theme in my apps, so this project is merely an attempt to my visual preferences and to relive the memory of Rdio, not to do it "better" than the Spotify team did.

Contributing

If you want to help out, I'd be happy to have you as a contributor!

Currently, I specifically need some help completing these things:

Head over to the GitHub repo if you want to help out, and feel free to create an issue or send a pull request.