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Spotify Control Panel

Play, pause, skip, and see what's playing — right from your VS Code status bar. No alt-tabbing to another app just to skip a song mid-flow. One-click "easy" sign-in, no Spotify Developer account required.

Requires Spotify Premium No setup required (managed auth) MIT licensed

What you can do

Play / Pause

Toggle playback with Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + Space, no window switching.

Skip tracks

Next/previous with Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + →/←.

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Shuffle & repeat

Toggle shuffle, and cycle repeat mode between off, playlist, and track.

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Volume control

Set volume directly from a quick input box, no leaving the editor.

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Now playing, live

The status bar shows what's currently playing, refreshed automatically.

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One-click sign-in

Authenticate through a hosted helper — no need to register your own Spotify Developer app first.

Playback control requires Spotify Premium — Spotify's own API doesn't allow programmatic playback control on free accounts.