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+# ncspot
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/hrkfdn/ncspot.svg?token=DoBH2xZ13CfuTfqgEyp7&branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.com/hrkfdn/ncspot)
+
+ncurses Spotify client written in Rust using librespot. It is heavily inspired
+by ncurses MPD clients, such as ncmpc.  My motivation was to provide a simple
+and resource friendly alternative to the official client as well as to support
+platforms that currently don't have a Spotify client, such as the *BSDs.
+
+[![Search](/screenshots/search-th.png?raw=true)](/screenshots/search.png?raw=true)
+
+**NOTE**: ncspot is still in a very early development stage. Things will break
+and change. The feature set is still very limited.
+
+## Usage
+
+* Set your login credentials (see configuration)
+* Build using `cargo build --release`
+* Navigate through the screens using the F-keys:
+  * `F1`: Debug log
+  * `F2`: Queue
+  * `F3`: Search
+* Tracks can be played using `Return` and queued using `Space`
+
+## Requirements
+
+* Rust
+* `libpulse-dev` (or `portaudio-dev`, if you want to use the PortAudio backend)
+
+## Configuration
+
+For now, a configuration file containing Spotify login data needs to be created
+manually, until a login-screen is implemented
+(https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/issues/1).
+
+The file needs to look like this:
+
+```
+username = "spotify_user"
+password = "spotify_password"
+```
+
+Please save it to `~/.config/ncspot`.
+
+## Audio backends
+
+By default ncspot is built using the PulseAudio backend.
+To make it use the PortAudio backend (e.g. for macOS, *BSD, ..),
+you need to recompile ncspot with the `portaudio_backend` feature:
+
+* `cargo run --no-default-features --features portaudio_backend`
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