Debian-like GNU/Linux & macOS

spotify-downloader is on PyPI! You can install it using pip. However, note that the program only supports Python 3.6+.

$ pip install -U spotdl

IMPORTANT: if you have both Python 2 and 3 installed, the pip command could invoke an installation for Python 2. To see which Python version pip refers to, try pip -V. If it turns out pip is your Python 2 pip, try pip3 install -U spotdl instead.

You'll also need to install FFmpeg for conversion.

Debian-like GNU/Linux:

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

macOS:

$ brew install ffmpeg --with-libmp3lame --with-libass --with-opus --with-fdk-aac

If FFmpeg does not install correctly, you may have to build it from source. For more info see https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide.

Windows

Assuming you have Python 3.6 already installed and in PATH.

Open cmd and type pip install -U spotdl to install spotify-downloader. The same note about pip as for Debian, Ubuntu, Linux & Mac applies.

You'll also need to download zip file for FFmpeg from https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/. Extract it and then place all the .exe files in a directory included in your PATH variable. C:\Windows\System32\ usually works fine.

NOTE: In case placing ffmpeg.exe in System32 directory doesn't work, then you need to manually add the FFmpeg directory to PATH. See this on how to do that: https://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/tasks/fot-addpath.html or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtmgCb8NcE.