The missing control panel for Spotify Web Player

Sidekick adds the playback tools, themes, and personal organization that the web player leaves out: a sleep timer, track ratings, custom color themes, hotkeys, and a weekly recap. It runs entirely in your browser, with no account and no data sent anywhere.

Control row
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Album art
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd

The control row, shown under the now-playing bar

A free, independent browser extension. No account required, nothing tracked, nothing sent off your machine.

Spotify Web Player home screen with the Sidekick control row visible under the now-playing bar

In the player

A control row under the now-playing bar

Focus mode, 5-star ratings, Play Later, and a live badge showing time listened today. Everything sits where you're already looking, rather than behind a separate menu.

Sidekick popup Playback tab showing sleep timer presets and feature toggles

Extension popup

Sleep timer and idle pause

Set a 15, 30, or 60 minute sleep timer, or let idle auto-pause stop playback automatically after a period of inactivity. Every feature can be switched off individually.

Designed to feel like part of Spotify, not an add-on bolted to the side.

Spotify right-click context menu with Sidekick's added Search on Genius, Search on YouTube, and Copy song name and artist entries

Right-click menu

New entries in Spotify's own menu

Search a track's lyrics on Genius, look it up on YouTube, or copy the song and artist as plain text. Each option is added directly into Spotify's existing right-click menu.

Sidekick popup More tab showing the full hotkey binding list and accessibility toggles

Keyboard and accessibility

Shortcuts for play, skip, volume, and more

Play or pause, skip, adjust volume, and toggle fullscreen, all from the keyboard. High contrast, larger click targets, and reduced motion are available for anyone who needs them.

Sidekick weekly recap showing listening time, top artists, and top tracks for the week

Weekly recap

A wrapped-style summary, every week

See total time listened, plays, and your top artists and tracks for the week, right in the extension. No waiting for an annual recap, no account or data leaving your browser.

See everything else it does

The full feature list and documentation are one click away.