SANNATA
Pitch-Black Spotify Desktop Client
The official Spotify desktop app is heavy and bright. Sannata (Urdu for 'deep silence') is a minimal, pitch-black native client with real in-app playback — somewhere quiet to listen, with none of the glare.
Origin Story
I wanted a dark, native, glare-free way to listen late at night — just the music, none of the clutter.
How It's Built
It drives the Spotify Web API from a Rust backend (rspotify) and plays audio through the Web Playback SDK, all wrapped in a near-black Tauri shell.
Engineering Notes
A real client, not a remote
Sannata drives the Spotify Web API from a Rust backend (rspotify) and plays audio through the Web Playback SDK, so it's a genuine client with in-app playback rather than a remote control (Premium required).
Pitch-black by design
The official app is heavy and bright; Sannata strips it back to a minimal, glare-free dark surface for late-night listening. A sister project to 'cinder', with search and podcasts still in progress.
Sannata is about listening in silence: taking something familiar and stripping it back until only the music remains.
What It Does
In-App Playback
Real playback via Spotify's Web Playback SDK — a full client, not just a remote control (Premium required).
Pitch-Black UI
A minimal, glare-free dark surface designed for low-light listening.
Native & Fast
Tauri 2 + Rust keeps it light and responsive; a sister project to 'cinder'.
Where It Stands
Sannata is a working pitch-black Spotify client with real in-app playback; search and podcasts are still being finished. Completing those surfaces is the immediate roadmap before it graduates from personal-tool status.
Sannata is Tauri 2 with a Rust backend (rspotify) and a React 19 + Tailwind UI. Playback uses the Spotify Web Playback SDK and Web API (a Premium account is required). Some surfaces — search, podcasts — are still in progress.