Downtify
Download Spotify music with album art and metadata.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 48% of tracked projects; popularity more than 25%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 566 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 3.1.0 · 21 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Downtify actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 242 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 124 of them.
The most recent tagged release, 3.1.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Note that Downtify depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.
Downtify ranks #13 of 31 in Media Management, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Downtify actually does
Downtify is a media management utility designed to download Spotify tracks along with their associated metadata and album art. It is packaged as a Docker container, making it straightforward to integrate into existing containerised home server setups. The project is open-source under the GPL-3.0 licence and maintains a steady development pace.
Best fit: It is suitable for self-hosters looking for a dedicated tool to pull audio files and artwork directly from Spotify for offline archival.
Worth knowing: As an open-source tool interacting with proprietary streaming services, its longevity and reliability depend heavily on upstream API changes which can break functionality unexpectedly.
Deployment notes
You will typically need to configure persistent volume mounts to ensure downloaded media and configuration files are saved outside the container lifespan.
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