termspot

by fdeox — a CRT phosphor terminal theme for Spotify (via Spicetify).

Scanlines, vignette, phosphor glow, a power-on warm-up, tmux-style pane chips (~/nav, ~/library, ~/playing), a statusline playbar, terminal control glyphs, ## shelf headers, > UPPERCASE page titles and a >> lyrics cursor. Your Spotify, running on a machine from a better timeline.

Pairs perfectly with the Terminal Greeting extension: boot log, terminal prompt with time-of-day greeting, now-playing ticker and night shift.

Color schemes

Switch any time:

spicetify config color_scheme <SchemeName>
spicetify apply

Fdeox (default) — green phosphor	FdeoxAmber — amber phosphor
Synthwave — neon night drive	Arctic — cold storage
Bloodmoon — alarm mode	Ultraviolet — blacklight
Matrix — follow the white rabbit	Gold — the executive mainframe
Frostbyte — nord-inspired ice	Nightbloom — catppuccin-inspired pastel
Fangs — dracula-inspired	Paper — e-ink daylight
Gruvbox	Bios — press DEL to enter setup
GruvboxHard	EverforestDarkHard
EverforestDarkMedium	EverforestDarkSoft

Signature features

• Hidden command terminal — press : anywhere (vim style), or pick Profile menu → termspot terminal, and a terminal drops down; press Esc (or type exit) to close it. play <song>, search, queue, vol 60, next, np… full music control without touching the mouse. Plus theme <name> for live scheme previews, matrix, coffee, 1994 and more — start with help.

• Live ASCII album art — the current track's cover is redrawn as character art in your accent color, right in the now playing view. Hover it to peek at the original.

  

• Monochrome phosphor covers — every cover on the page rendered in green phosphor; hover any card or row and the original colors come back.

• ASCII progress bar — [████████░░░░░░] spanning the whole playbar, with playback times in a real seven-segment VFD display font.

• Track load log — on every song change: reading: track_name_229.dat ........ OK

• Power-on warm-up — the screen flickers to life like a real CRT.

Settings

Everything is toggleable in-app: Profile menu → termspot settings (ASCII art, monochrome covers, ASCII progress bar, track log, scanlines, vignette, power-on animation) — or straight from the : terminal.

Fine-tuning lives at the top of user.css:

--crt-glow: 6px;         /* 0px disables the phosphor glow */
--font-size: 14px;       /* try 12px + --line-height: 1.1 for a compact look */

Install

Works on Spotify 1.2 and 1.3 (last checked with Spotify 1.3.3 and Spicetify 2.45.3).

# copy (or symlink) this folder into your spicetify Themes folder as "termspot"
spicetify config current_theme termspot
spicetify config color_scheme Fdeox
spicetify apply

Credits

Structure inspired by the text theme by darkthemer (spicetify-themes, MIT).