You’ll hardly find any other music streaming platform like Spotify. Some might say that this is not true, but Spotify has a more extensive music database, and the maximum number of people in the world uses Spotify. But we have to accept the fault that the desktop version of Spotify is dull and very slow. However, you’ll be surprised to know that you can customize your Spotify. You can use Spicetify, to change the look and feel of Spotify and also add new apps within it. Want to know how? Let’s first understand what Spicetify is.
About Spicetify
There is an open-source customization tool for Spotify known as Spicetify. You can use this tool from the command-line. It can change the theme and color of Spotify, add apps and extensions within it, and eliminate bloat from its desktop version.
You can make these changes by using some commands and editing the configuration files. There are two configuration files, one to control the colors and another to control the style and layout. It may sound difficult, but it is not. Here’s the guide for how to do it.
Install Spicetify on Your Windows
To begin the installation, go to your Start Menu and type ‘powershell’ into the search bar. After that, choose Run as Administrator and in the given box type or paste this command: Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing “https://raw.githubusercontent.com/khanhas/spicetify-cli/master/install.ps1” | Invoke-Expression
When the process finishes, type ‘spicetify –help’ and a list of all commands will appear on the screen.
Backup the Configuration Files
Within the Powershell command, type spicetify. Select Enter, and this will create a new Spicetify configuration file. Now, type the given command to create a backup of the newly created configuration files: spicetify backup apply enable-devtool
Now the customization begins, but make sure you are within the Powershell command.
Start Customizing
You can use two ways to customize using Spicetify. Either, by developing a personalized color theme or by trying somebody else’s theme. Start by copying the standard theme and then start working on it with your color ideas. As this one is the easiest way. Now create a new folder and name it. Open this folder and paste the standard theme here. Launch color.ini with your Notepad, and it will show you all the color codes used in the standard scheme. There are two color sets, the Base and the Dark. Now you are free to form new themes as you like under these color sets. You can take help from the HTML color codes to find the colors you want and save them using Control + S.
Update Spotify With the New Theme
To update your Spotify, you will have to define your new theme in the configuration file of Spicetify. Just put the name of your theme file in the place of ‘SpicetifyDefault’ in the configuration setting. And your command is created.
Now go back to your PowerShell command and type, ‘spicetify apply.’ And voila! Your Spotify will change its color magically.
So you see, how great Spicetify is to change the way you see Spotify on your desktop. Trust us; once you start doing it, it becomes more fun to experiment and play with the color themes. You just need to follow the steps above, and you’ll excel.
