Everything included

Features

Sidekick is organized into four groups: playback, appearance, library & tracking, and accessibility. Every feature below ships in the base extension. Nothing is locked behind an account or a paid tier.

playback

Control how and when music plays

Timers, shortcuts, and warnings that work the way you'd expect from a desktop app.

Sleep timer

Three presets, 15, 30, or 60 minutes, pause playback automatically. Cancel anytime while one's running.

Idle auto-pause

Pauses playback after inactivity, with the delay adjustable from 5 to 60 minutes on a slider.

8 keyboard shortcuts

Play/pause, skip, volume, fullscreen, 5-star rating, and Play Later, all bound to single keys, active anywhere except text fields.

Multi-tab warning

A quiet notification if Spotify ends up playing in more than one browser tab at once.

appearance

Make it look like yours

Repaint the interface in one click, or write your own rules from scratch.

5 theme presets

Built-in color themes shown as swatches. Click one to repaint Spotify's interface immediately.

Custom theme builder

Define five colors by hand (background, surface, text, muted text, accent) via picker or hex input.

Font replacement

Swap Spotify's default typeface for an alternative, applied across the whole interface.

Custom cursor color

Pick a color for your mouse cursor on the Spotify page. Text fields keep a standard text cursor.

Auto day/night theme

Switches between a light and dark preset on a schedule, so you don't have to do it by hand.

Custom CSS editor

A live text editor. Write any CSS and apply it to the page immediately for full control.

library & tracking

Keep track of what you listen to

Local stats and queues that stay attached to your tracks across sessions.

★★★★★

5-star ratings

Rate any track up to 5 stars from the control row. Ratings stay attached to the track across sessions.

Play Later queue

A separate 10-track list, one click to add. Each entry jumps straight to that track in Spotify.

Daily listening time

A live badge counting active-listening minutes, ticking only while something actually plays. Resets at midnight.

Weekly recap

Top 5 artists, top 5 tracks, total time, and total plays for every Monday to Sunday block.

Search on Genius / YouTube

Right-click any track to open a lyrics or video search in a new tab. Each can be toggled off individually.

Copy song & artist

Right-click and copy a plain-text line like "Sapphire by Ed Sheeran" to paste anywhere.

data & accessibility

Your data, your interface

Everything is stored locally. Export it, reset it, or adjust how the page itself behaves.

Local-only

No account, no server

Sidekick never talks to a backend. Ratings, themes, and stats live in your browser's storage only.

Export

Export your data

Download everything Sidekick has stored (ratings, settings, queue, listening log) as one JSON file.

Reset

Reset all data

Clears everything and returns to a clean state. This can't be undone, so export first if you want a copy.

Accessibility

High contrast, larger targets, reduced motion

Three independent toggles, separate from anything Spotify itself offers.

Ready to set it up?

The full walkthrough of every icon and setting is in the documentation.