medtner
a lightweight spotify player for macos with a menu bar controller. it plays audio itself, so the spotify app never has to open
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Sep 2026 – present
- plays Spotify through a bundled librespot engine and AVAudioEngine
- search, queue, playlists, liked songs, and a native menu bar controller
- gradient animations react live to the bass, mids, and highs of the song
- idles at 0% CPU vs Spotify's 20% by running every continuous animation on Core Animation