I made a native GNOME app for downloading music from Spotify

I've been using spotDL for years, and while the CLI is fantastic, I always found myself wishing it had a proper desktop app that actually felt at home on Linux.

So over the last little while I built one.

spotDL GNOME is a Linux-focused fork of spotDL with a native GTK4/libadwaita interface, packaged as a self-contained Flatpak. The goal wasn't to replace the CLI, just to make it easier to use for people who prefer a GUI.

Some of the things it includes:

• 🎵 Download Spotify tracks, albums and playlists
• 📦 One-click Flatpak installation
• ⏳ Live download progress
• 🕘 Download history
• 🔁 Automatic fallback sources (YouTube Music → YouTube → SoundCloud → Bandcamp)
• ❌ Retry failed tracks individually with clear error messages
• 📁 Organised music folders with configurable templates
• 🎚️ Audio format, bitrate and synced lyrics settings
• 🛠️ FFmpeg and Deno bundled in the Flatpak

One thing that was important to me was making it feel like an actual GNOME application instead of an Electron wrapper. If you're running Fedora, Ubuntu or another distro with Flatpak, it should fit right in.

I'd love some feedback from other Linux users. Feature requests, bug reports and PRs are always welcome.

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