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isralechee/spicetifymanager

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TLDR

A PowerShell menu tool for Windows that makes it easy to apply, repair, and manage Spicetify themes and extensions on the Spotify desktop app.

Mindmap

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  root((Spicetify Manager))
    What it does
      Menu-driven control
      Apply themes
      Repair after updates
    Features
      Full and quick repair
      Theme management
      Extension control
      Marketplace install
    Setup
      Windows only
      No admin rights
      Double-click batch
    Tech
      PowerShell
      Spicetify CLI
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Quickly repair your Spicetify Spotify customizations after a Spotify update breaks them, without memorizing CLI commands.

USE CASE 2

Switch between Spicetify themes on Spotify from a numbered menu without using the command line directly.

USE CASE 3

Install the Spicetify Marketplace so you can browse and apply community themes and extensions for Spotify.

USE CASE 4

Fix a broken Spotify installation from the Microsoft Store and switch it to the desktop version required by Spicetify.

What is it built with?

PowerShellBatch

How does it compare?

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Complexity2/54/52/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Do not run as Administrator, Spicetify refuses elevated privileges and Spotify opens a black window if launched with admin rights.

In plain English

Spicetify Manager is a PowerShell script for Windows that gives you a simple menu-driven interface for managing Spicetify, a tool that lets you customize the look and behavior of the Spotify desktop app. Instead of typing individual Spicetify commands in the terminal, you open a menu with numbered options and pick what you want to do. Spicetify modifies Spotify's desktop client to allow themes, extensions, and a marketplace for downloading community customizations. The problem is that Spotify's app updates frequently override these modifications, so keeping everything working requires running specific repair commands. This manager wraps those commands behind simple numbered menu options. The main menu covers the common tasks: applying your customizations with one key press, doing a full restore and repair when an update breaks things, doing a quicker repair for minor breakage, switching themes, enabling or disabling extensions, installing the Spicetify Marketplace, and upgrading the Spicetify tool itself. It also handles a common Windows issue where Spotify installs from the Microsoft Store (which Spicetify does not support) and helps you switch to the regular desktop version. Setup is minimal. You download the script, double-click a batch file, and the menu appears. PowerShell is already included with Windows 10 and 11, so there is nothing extra to install. One important note from the README: do not run it as administrator. Spicetify refuses elevated privileges and Spotify opens a blank black window if launched with admin rights. The script is stateless. It writes nothing to disk between sessions, and every time you open it, it starts fresh with the same defaults.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Using Isralechee/SpicetifyManager on Windows, walk me through the menu steps to do a full restore and repair of my Spicetify setup after a Spotify update broke it.
Prompt 2
How do I use SpicetifyManager to apply a new Spicetify theme to Spotify from the theme manager submenu?
Prompt 3
Show me how to run SpicetifyManager from PowerShell with auto-open and auto-fix both disabled.
Prompt 4
What is the correct order of SpicetifyManager menu options to install Spicetify from scratch on a fresh Windows Spotify Desktop install?
Prompt 5
Using SpicetifyManager, how do I install the Spicetify Marketplace and then enable a community extension?

Frequently asked questions

What is spicetifymanager?

A PowerShell menu tool for Windows that makes it easy to apply, repair, and manage Spicetify themes and extensions on the Spotify desktop app.

What language is spicetifymanager written in?

Mainly PowerShell. The stack also includes PowerShell, Batch.

How hard is spicetifymanager to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is spicetifymanager for?

Mainly general.

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