Spotify adblocker for Linux (macOS untested) that works by wrapping getaddrinfo
and cef_urlrequest_create
. It blocks requests to domains that are not on the allowlist, as well as URLs that are on the denylist.
- This does not work with the snap Spotify package.
- This might not work with the Flatpak Spotify package, depending on your system's shared libraries' versions.
- On Debian-based distributions (e.g. Ubuntu), the Debian Spotify package can be installed by following the instructions at the bottom of this page. (recommended)
Prerequisites:
- Git
- Make
- Rust
- Cargo
$ git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock.git
$ cd spotify-adblock
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ mkdir -p ~/.spotify-adblock && cp target/release/libspotifyadblock.so ~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/spotify-adblock && cp config.toml ~/.config/spotify-adblock
$ flatpak override --user --filesystem="~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so" --filesystem="~/.config/spotify-adblock/config.toml" com.spotify.Client
$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify
$ flatpak run --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"'
You can integrate it with your desktop environment by creating a .desktop
file (e.g. spotify-adblock.desktop
) in ~/.local/share/applications
. This lets you easily run it from an application launcher without opening a terminal.
Examples:
Debian Package
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify (adblock)
GenericName=Music Player
Icon=spotify-client
TryExec=spotify
Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify %U
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
StartupWMClass=spotify
Flatpak
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify (adblock)
GenericName=Music Player
Icon=com.spotify.Client
Exec=flatpak run --file-forwarding --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"' @@u %U @@
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
StartupWMClass=spotify
$ sudo make uninstall
$ rm -r ~/.spotify-adblock ~/.config/spotify-adblock
$ flatpak override --user --reset com.spotify.Client
The allowlist and denylist can be configured in a config file located at (in ascending order of precedence):
/etc/spotify-adblock/config.toml
(default)~/.config/spotify-adblock/config.toml
(default for Flatpak)config.toml
in the working directory