This project has been deprecated in favor of its rewrite in Rust (https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock).

spotify-adblock-linux

Spotify adblocker for Linux that works by wrapping getaddrinfo and cef_urlrequest_create, blocking non-whitelisted domains and blacklisted URLs.

Notes

• This does not work with the snap Spotify package.

Build

Prerequisites:

• Git
• Wget
• tar
• Make
• GCC
• libc headers (e.g. libc-dev on Debian-based distributions)

$ git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock-linux.git
$ cd spotify-adblock-linux
$ wget -O cef.tar.bz2 https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/cef_binary_88.1.6%2Bg4fe33a1%2Bchromium-88.0.4324.96_linux64_minimal.tar.bz2
$ tar -xf cef.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*/include' --strip-components=1
$ make

Install

Debian Package

$ sudo make install

Flatpak

$ mkdir -p ~/.spotify-adblock && cp spotify-adblock.so ~/.spotify-adblock
$ flatpak override --user --filesystem="~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so" com.spotify.Client

Usage

Command-line

Debian Package

$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify

Flatpak

$ 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)"'

Desktop file

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:

[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

[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

Uninstall

$ sudo make uninstall