Navidrome Discord RPC

A powerful Node.js script that connects to your Navidrome instance and updates your Discord Rich Presence with your currently playing song.

Created by Star123451.

Features

• Real-Time Updates: Automatically fetches your currently playing track from Navidrome and displays it on your Discord profile.
• Dynamic "Listening to" Status: By default, Discord locks your application name. However, this script is designed to bypass this and dynamically display "Listening to ARTIST" on your profile instead of a static application name.
• Dynamic Album Art: If your Navidrome instance is publicly accessible, it will automatically pull the album art of the currently playing song and display it in Discord.
• Status Auto-Clearing: Automatically clears your status when you stop playing music.

Prerequisites

1. Node.js: Ensure you have Node.js installed on your system.
2. Discord Client: Either stock or modded.
   • NOTE: While this script connects via standard Discord IPC, to get the dynamic "Listening to ARTIST" feature to work, you must use a Discord client that utilizes arRPC as its Rich Presence bridge (such as Vencord/Equicord, and their desktop versions, with the WebRichPresence/arRPC plugin running). Standard Discord actively ignores custom name overrides.

Setup

1. Clone or download this project to a directory (e.g., /opt/navidrome-discord-rpc).
2. Open a terminal in that directory and run:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

   NAVIDROME_URL=http(s)://[IP_ADDRESS] # (basically where you access Navidrome on your local network)
   NAVIDROME_PUBLIC_URL=https://your-navidrome-instance.com # (what you use to access navidrome from outside your network. If you have no public url, then you can just set this to your NAVIDROME_URL)
   NAVIDROME_USER=your_username
   NAVIDROME_PASS=your_password
   DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=1470554657506984069 # This is my Navidrome Application ID. It should work fine for everyone but If you want to make your own, be my guest.
   SHOW_SMALL_IMAGE=false # (set to true if you want a Navidrome Icon to show to the bottom right of the album art. This icon can be changed if you provide your own custom Client ID.

4. Run the script:

   node index.js

Running in the Background (systemd Daemon)

To run this in the background continuously on Linux, set it up as a systemd service.

1. Create a new service file:

   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/navidrome-rpc.service

2. Paste the following configuration (Adjust the User, WorkingDirectory, and ExecStart paths to match your system. The User should ideally be the user running your desktop environment/Discord client):

   [Unit]
   Description=Navidrome Discord Rich Presence
   After=network.target
   
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   User=YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME
   WorkingDirectory=/path/to/navidrome-discord-rpc
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /path/to/navidrome-discord-rpc/index.js
   Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
   Restart=on-failure
   RestartSec=10
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=default.target

3. Reload systemd:

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload

4. Enable it to start on boot:

   sudo systemctl enable navidrome-rpc

5. Start the service:

   sudo systemctl start navidrome-rpc

6. Check the status:

   sudo systemctl status navidrome-rpc

I may provide a Windows guide in the future.

Updating

If you cloned this via git, it is a very simple process:

1. Open a terminal in your project directory (/path/to/navidrome-discord-rpc).
2. Pull the latest changes from the repository:

   git pull

3. Update any dependencies (just in case new ones were added):

   npm install

4. Restart your script or systemd service to apply the updates:

   # If running manually:
   # Stop it with Ctrl+C and run `node index.js` again
   
   # If using systemd:
   sudo systemctl restart navidrome-rpc

NOTE: Please git pull daily to get the latest updates.

Credits

This script is heavily inspired by and builds upon the foundation of the original Navidrome Discord Rich Presence Plugin. A huge thanks to the original creators and contributors for their amazing work!