---
title: "atom-spotify"
url: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/atom-spotify
author: Jake Marsh
published: 2014-03-01
updated: 2014-03-01
link: https://atom.io/packages/atom-spotify
topics: ["Things I Made", "Open Source"]
description: "I’ve been really loving Github’s new Atom editor. I’ve also been blown away by the number of packages that have already been published only a few days after the project went public. Like most developers, I often like to crank the music while writing code. My music service of choice (at the moment…"
---

# atom-spotify

By Jake Marsh, March 1, 2014. HTML: https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/atom-spotify

This is a link post about https://atom.io/packages/atom-spotify

I've been really loving Github's new [Atom](https://web.archive.org/web/20140227014806/http://atom.io/) editor.

I've also been blown away by the number of packages that have already been published only a few days after the project went public.

Like most developers, I often like to crank the music while writing code. My music service of choice (at the moment at least) is Spotify.

I like to listen to random playlists or Spotify app services like [Soundrop](http://soundrop.fm/) in an effort to expose myself to lots of new music.

This means I frequently find myself hitting `⌘+Tab` to bring Spotify to the foreground and glance at the artist or track name.

This felt silly, so I wrote a little Atom package to show me this info in Atom's status bar.

![](https://dl.dropbox.com/s/5grx2ol4g4lcvb0/Screenshot%202014-02-28%2021.40.14.png)

If you're an Atom user, you can install the package in your Settings or by simply running this command:

``` bash
apm install atom-spotify
```

The package lives [right here](https://web.archive.org/web/20150922065417/https://atom.io/packages/atom-spotify), and the source code is [over here](https://github.com/jakemarsh/atom-spotify).

Happy listening! (and coding) ♫