Privacy-First Spotify Controller for Crafters
No credentials, no browsing history, and local-only analytics.
💡 Overview
People who care about focus tend to care about privacy too. Hands are busy with materials and the laptop is across the table.
Spotify-Web Playback Controller states that it collects no Spotify credentials, passwords or personal information, and does not request access to browsing history. Its host permission covers only open.spotify.com. Focus insights are stored on your own device, and it does not log tracks or listening stats in Incognito mode. Optional anonymous diagnostics have their own toggle.
🧭 A Day of Crafters
Hands are busy with materials and the laptop is across the table.
The problem: Touching a trackpad with glue or paint on your hands is a bad idea.
The fix: Use a single key combo rather than the trackpad.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Read the permissions on the Chrome Web Store page before installing.
- Review the privacy policy linked from the listing.
- Turn off optional diagnostics in the dashboard if you prefer.
✨ What You Get
- Dynamic album-art backdrops: A blurred, color-adaptive background drawn from the current artwork, in dark or light theme.
- Sleep timer: Presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with a live countdown that auto-pauses playback.
- Playback speed 0.5x to 2.0x: Presets at 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x, locked across track changes.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Skipping a track | Switch window, click next, switch back | Shift+Alt+Right from any window |
| Focus impact | Context switch every time | Your work window keeps focus |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
Note: it works with the Spotify Web Player at open.spotify.com only, and does not control the desktop app.
📸 See It in Action
Mini-Player
Dashboard
Shortcuts
Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work
Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
No. The extension states it never collects Spotify credentials, passwords or personal info.
You must enable Allow in incognito under chrome://extensions. It does not log tracks or listening stats in private browsing.
It can be if you spend your day crafting with a laptop nearby. Use a single key combo rather than the trackpad.