Life & fun · September 22, 2025
SpotRec
Around 4% of my Spotify library vanished — licensing, region blocks, artists pulling music. Those weren't just tracks, they were tied to memories and moments, suddenly gone without warning. I built SpotRec to fix this: it scans your library for greyed-out songs, finds matches on YouTube, and lets you save links or just the titles.
SpotRec launched on September 22, 2025 with 6 votes, #3,421 of 8,160 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
SpotRec scans your Spotify library for unavailable tracks and finds high-confidence YouTube alternatives. Export links or clean track lists to rebuild playlists for free.
SpotRec scans your Spotify library for unavailable tracks and finds high-confidence YouTube alternatives. Export links or clean track lists to rebuild playlists.
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I wanted a way to quickly generate new Spotify playlists from my library based on some simple user inputs. There are probably a bunch of songs floating around in old playlists that you will never listen to again so the Spotify Playlist Recycling Plant is an attempt to resurrect these forgotten gems! At the heart of this tool is a simple custom algorithm that uses Spotify's 5000+ unique genres to find similar artists. It works well for my purposes but everybody uses Spotify differently so I'd love some feedback :) Built using React and the Spotify Web API.
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