rhiimoot is your mini controller for Spotify    

rhiimoot is a mini controller software for ¹Spotify® on your ²Windows® computer making it easy to control playing songs without using the main Spotify window. It has basic functionalities such as "previous, play/pause, next" and showing current playing song title, artist & album art.  It is completely FREE!

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Latest Version (v2.0.1.0)  (Windows 10 / 11)

Latest Version  (v1.4.6.0)  (Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1) (see Changelog)

System Requirements

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher is needed for rhiimoot to work. (If not installed already)

# CHANGELOG #
# v2.0.1.0 1.6MB Release Date: 2025.08.28 | SHA256:   b0a8db1fccbe1f321440aadf2073ed53c9c96ac4d2f178bffe1acc36d6ad2928
- Fixed occasional double skipping when previous/next button is pressed
- Fixed temporary data & browser cache cleaning
- This version is working with Windows 8/8.1/10 (should work for later Windows versions too)
# v2.0.0.2 1.6MB Release Date: 2025.08.04 | SHA256:   53864907b096e6ea80a45f2ff7e7a857bb34899339856967e7db58fae4b3f63a
- Fixes to make rhiimoot work again in Windows 10
- Should work for later Windows versions too
# v1.4.6.0 1.6MB Release Date: 2025.07.24 | SHA256:   604ba99251ae8084509de8a3f00044ed18df79ddadf8ae6d5ff173a32d71572d
- Minor code improvements
- This version is working with (Spotify for Windows 1.2.5.1006.g22820f93) which is the latest version for Windows 8/8.1
# v1.4.5.1 1.6MB Release Date: 2023.05.05 | SHA256:   002e7f97d537d5c709826f15a6b753422f9b9b00661e4e3f892f099e7a884437
### Fixed
- Minor code improvements
# v1.4.5.0 1.6MB Release Date: 2023.04.24 | SHA256:   7bc58ddec4fbf4625a1947cc0caf2dcce2413610696e69e37773dc768c0c4ece
### Added
- Option to remove "Your version of Windows is out of date" warning when launching Spotify.
### Fixed
- Minor code improvements
# v1.4.4.1 1.6MB Release Date: 2022.12.14 | SHA256:   a4ee361755c89a5cd3c6f2c5e4720a9a45ed8ac71fe0bc65b28b312a58010ecb
### Fixed
- Another bug making rhiimoot disappear
# v1.4.4.0 1.6MB Release Date: 2022.12.02 | SHA256:   e7500722feb5cc5ae5466988868379d5f8fde41bfa9467e6898688f5b3333d12
### Fixed
- Previous & Next buttons not functioning sometimes in both players
- Legacy player showing wrong albumart
- Legacy player disappearing when clicked on "always on top" button
- Multiple OSD showing in modern player
- OSD showing wrong song title
# v1.4.3.0 1.51MB Release Date: 2022.10.05 | SHA256:   5efc1fce810cad279ee414e7c0d914a5307a4dbb33dc5d0b01bb08e6ac977c6a
### Added
- "Legacy player" & "Modern player" have system wide volume controls
(Click on the yellow Volume button to open up 'volume down, volume up & mute' controls)
- Vumeter has been added to "Legacy player"
### Fixed
- Always on top is not working properly when OSD is on
# v1.4.2.0 1.42MB Release Date: 2022.09.24 | SHA256:   4a35b4cb56b115e65baf560169b4f5e76fc1de474b5ca6e842c0714475dc1b7e
### Added
- rhiimoot remembers last position. This works with both "Legacy player" & "Modern player"
(you can double click albumart to switch to modern player)
### Fixed
- OSD not turning off
- Always on top is working properly when OSD is off.
Other OSD fixes and changes will be done in next releases.
# v1.4.0.0 1.42MB Release Date: 2022.07.18 | SHA256:   56b56525a87b0093b8870b30d6188e94177b63e9659203cc744fa44cb818a323
### Changed
- Now rhiimoot can control Spotify playback without taking over the Spotify window. This works with both "Legacy" & "Modern" player windows.
- Double click on albumart now shows "Modern" player (instead of "Albumart window")
- rhiimoot is completely portable now. It saves user settings in an xml file in the folder where rhiimoot is located
- Settings window arangement
### Fixed
- Albumart not showing at all
- Code improvements all over
- Code cleanup
- Always on top bug
### Removed
- sleep timer (temporarily)
- saving listened song titles to a txt file (temporarily)
- song details like album name, track number etc. (Spotify changed many things so it is removed for now)
- albumart window (replaced with "Modern" player)
- total time listened
- saving albumart image
- favorites list
- saving settings in /Local/ folder (replaced with settings.xml)
# v1.3.0.0 1.42MB Release Date: 2021.06.21 | SHA256:   E2DD5E319957E2364E8C4ABDEB54D8955DB753AAE98D11BA25C0A141403F4FEB
### Added
- 'Favorites list' added for easy access to your favorite playlists/albums/artists/podcasts**
- 'Favorites list' added to main & albumart window*
* single click to 'open' or 'bring to front if already opened'
### Changed
- About icon replaced with 'Favorites list' on main windows
- About section merged with 'Settings screen'
### Fixed
- Minor code improvements on update checker
# v1.2.0.0 1.37MB Release Date: 2021.03.17 | SHA256:   85B8C163D770145D123F2918127EEDB5E22B16D6ABAE0B524412CB5E4C8936B8
### Changed
- Added default image in main window album art section for cosmetic reasons
### Added
- Quick link to visit current artist's Spotify page from album art window*
- Quick link to visit current album's Spotify page from album art window*
* click on artist or album name in album art window
### Fixed
- Album art window not showing the correct album name in task manager
- OSD icon not showing in task manager
# v1.1.0.0 | 1.33MB | Release Date: 2021.03.07  | SHA256: A591CD7671147A45DB139B83EF85CE6C3336050C89B6EC1647DC0639D7565A26
### Changed
- Main window album art section is fixed from now on **
- Rhiimoot FAQ on website updated with latest version changes
### Added
- Current track information (duration, album name, album type, release date, track no, total tracks no, disc no)
- Playlist info (only visible if playing from a playlist)
- Ability to show all the artists (in album art window)
- Bigger album art support
- Album art saving option
- Album art loading bar
# v1.0.2.0 | 1.29MB | Release Date: 2020.12.30 | SHA256: EEC85EC56688E12F72283865C7CA32A0302441B3B135831034D3C0B376683D7B
### Changed
- Minor code improvements & bug fixes
### Added
- Album name for playing file **
- Total time spent listening with rhiimoot 

# v1.0.1.0 | 1.20MB | Release Date: 2020.11.17 | SHA256: 1E0D8AE19A748032203C476000DF4C7DD0ACDE4D03B6BDAD35400192E7B30C69
### Changed
- Minor code improvements
### Added
- Album art for playing song (needs internet access)
- Data is beautiful
- Share on social media buttons
- Behaviour information message for first use
- An Easter egg for the ambitious
### Fixed
- Release Spotify button needing a second click to function properly when Spotify is minimised
# v1.0.0.1 | 1.34MB | Release Date: 2020.10.19 | SHA256: 1525B08A0B8C29C3F7B52A0D3AC933E5A71755957335097ADF9E168041FAE9E2 
### Changed
- Minor code improvements
### Added
- Option to remove program setting files from %User%\AppData\Local\ folder (reset)
- Crypto donation link
### Fixed
- VU-Meter giving an error on occasion
- OSD giving an error on occasion
- Browser cache cleaning giving an error even though it's working
# v1.0.0.0 | Release Date: 2020.09.19               

¹Spotify® is a registered trademark of the Spotify Group.
²Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.