Mello ditches librespot for Spotify's official streaming API, dev pleads for easier access
LinusEkenstam · x · 2026-11-16
Emiel Janson's Mello project (built as a music player for his daughter) has migrated from the reverse-engineered librespot library to Spotify's official streaming API released a few months ago, making it far more reliable. Linus Ekenstam publicly asked Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to lower the barriers for hobbyist side projects integrating with Spotify.
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