dayjob is a desktop app that lets you add tracks to your favourite playlists by using shortcut keys. It's a great way to make awesome playlists without being distracted from your work.
- Add tracks from any Spotify source (playlists, radio, Discover Weekly etc.)
- Remove and skip boring tracks from the current playlist
- Supports all Spotify players (desktop, mobile, web)
- Cross-platform (written in Electron)
- Zero network usage when idle
| Play some new music | Hear a good tune? Press a shortcut | dayjob adds it to your playlist |
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Before downloading please read the disclaimer.
| Mac | Windows | Linux |
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| dayjob-1.1.1.dmg | dayjob-win32-x64_1.1.1.zip | Coming soon! |
| v1.1.1 | v1.1.1* | Register your interest here |
* No installer for Windows version yet - drag the 'dayjob-win32-x64' folder from inside the ZIP file into your Users folder, and run dayjob.exe
Add tracks to 10 of your favourite playlists by using the keyboard keys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9 and 0.
| Shortcut | Function |
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 CTRL + ALT + 1 ... 0 |
Add track to playlist # |
 CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + 1 ... 0 |
Move track to playlist # |
 CTRL + ALT + - |
Remove track from current playlist |
 CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + - |
Remove track from current playlist and skip to next song |
- Tracks can only be moved or removed from a playlist if you are the playlist owner
- If you try to move tracks from a read only source (shared playlist, the radio, artists, etc.) dayjob will warn you and copy the track instead
dayjob creates an icon in the the status / tray area of your computer. It will mostly interact with you through notifications shown here.
dayjob will prompt you to set up the Spotify connection on first use, but you use the right-click menu to open the Preferences or to quit at any time.
- Log in to your Spotify Developer Dashboard and create a new Client ID and use the following settings:
- App or Hardware Name: dayjob
- App or Hardware Description: Make great Spotify playlists while you work
- What are you building?: Desktop app
- Commercial: No
- Redirect URI: http://localhost:8888/callback
- Enter the Client ID and secret into dayjob
- Click Connect to Spotify and follow the prompts to authorise
- Right-click on a playlist in the Spotify app, and select Share > Copy Spotify URI
- Goto the Playlists tab in dayjob Preferences and paste the playlist URI into an empty slot
- Type a name for the playlist.
- Play some music on Spotify (using the desktop, web or mobile client)
- When a song is playing that you want to add to a playlist, add it using one of the keyboard shortcuts.
I created this app because I love discovering new music when at work, but wanted to minimise distractions and the time spent in the Spotify app. I've been using a proof of concept for 2 years, but finally I've been able to release a configurable version that everyone can use.
I'm not a developer by profession so apologise for any bugs and poor coding practices! dayjob is a simple project and should be easy to maintain. After cloning use npm install to install.
A list of known issues and tech debt is maintained in GitHub which I might get round to some day.
Please log any bugs which relate to functionality and I will try and fix them.
Enjoy!