spotdl 4.4.3
Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata
Requires Python: <3.14,>=3.10
Keywords: downloader, music, spotdl, spotify


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# spotDL v4

**spotDL** finds songs from Spotify playlists on YouTube and downloads them - along with album art, lyrics and metadata.

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> spotDL: The fastest, easiest and most accurate command-line music downloader.
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## Installation

Refer to our [Installation Guide](docs/installation.md) for more details.

### Python (Recommended Method)

- _spotDL_ can be installed by running `pip install spotdl`.
- To update spotDL run `pip install --upgrade spotdl`

  > On some systems you might have to change `pip` to `pip3`.

<details>
    <summary style="font-size:1.25em"><strong>Other options</strong></summary>

- Prebuilt executable
  - You can download the latest version from the
    [Releases Tab](https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/releases)
- On Termux
  - `curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/master/scripts/termux.sh | sh`
- Arch
  - There is an [Arch User Repository (AUR) package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotdl/) for
    spotDL.
- Docker
  - Build image:

    ```bash
    docker build -t spotdl .
    ```

  - Launch container with spotDL parameters (see section below). You need to create mapped
    volume to access song files

    ```bash
    docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/music spotdl download [trackUrl]
    ```

  - Build from source

    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader && cd spotify-downloader
    pip install uv
    uv sync
    uv run scripts/build.py
    ```

    An executable is created in `spotify-downloader/dist/`.

</details>

### Installing FFmpeg

FFmpeg is required for spotDL. If using FFmpeg only for spotDL, you can simply install FFmpeg to your spotDL installation directory:
`spotdl --download-ffmpeg`

We recommend the above option, but if you want to install FFmpeg system-wide,
follow these instructions

- [Windows Tutorial](https://windowsloop.com/install-ffmpeg-windows-10/)
- OSX - `brew install ffmpeg`
- Linux - `sudo apt install ffmpeg` or use your distro's package manager

## Usage

Using SpotDL without options:

```sh
spotdl [urls]
```

You can run _spotDL_ as a package if running it as a script doesn't work:

```sh
python -m spotdl [urls]
```

General usage:

```sh
spotdl [operation] [options] QUERY
```

There are different **operations** spotDL can perform. The _default_ is `download`, which simply downloads the songs from YouTube and embeds metadata.

The **query** for spotDL is usually a list of Spotify URLs, but for some operations like **sync**, only a single link or file is required.
For a list of all **options** use ```spotdl -h```

<details>
<summary style="font-size:1em"><strong>Supported operations</strong></summary>

- `save`: Saves only the metadata from Spotify without downloading anything.
    - Usage:
        `spotdl save [query] --save-file {filename}.spotdl`

- `web`: Starts a web interface instead of using the command line. However, it has limited features and only supports downloading individual songs.

- `url`: Get user-friendly URL for each song from the query.
    - Usage:
        `spotdl url [query]`

- `sync`: Updates directories. Compares the directory with the current state of the playlist. Newly added songs will be downloaded and removed songs will be deleted. No other songs will be downloaded and no other files will be deleted.

    - Usage:
        `spotdl sync [query] --save-file {filename}.spotdl`

        This creates a new **sync** file. To update the directory in the future, use:

        `spotdl sync {filename}.spotdl`

- `meta`: Updates metadata for the provided song files.

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## Music Sourcing and Audio Quality

spotDL uses YouTube as a source for music downloads. This method is used to avoid any issues related to downloading music from Spotify.

> **Note**
> Users are responsible for their actions and potential legal consequences. We do not support unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material and take no responsibility for user actions.

### Audio Quality

spotDL downloads music from YouTube and is designed to always download the highest possible bitrate; which is 128 kbps for regular users and 256 kbps for YouTube Music premium users.

Check the [Audio Formats](docs/usage.md#audio-formats-and-quality) page for more info.

## Contributing

Interested in contributing? Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) to find
resources around contributing along with a guide on how to set up a development environment.

### Join our amazing community as a code contributor

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## License

This project is Licensed under the [MIT](/LICENSE) License.