About
DeskThing

A Quick History Lesson

Spotify officially launched the CarThing in 2022. The device was very polarizing to its customers and ultimately flopped in the eyes of Spotify. As a result, Spotify has decided not only to discontinue the product but also to discontinue support for the device, leaving it as e-waste. Spotify has actually encouraged users to throw away their current devices. December 9, 2024, marks the official end of the very short-lived product. However, many of its users have found ways to repurpose the CarThing to increase productivity.

Spotify CarThing

CREDIT: SPOTIFY

What We Plan to Do About It

Spotify officially launched the CarThing in 2022. The device was very polarizing to its customers and ultimately flopped in the eyes of Spotify. As a result, Spotify has decided not only to discontinue the product but also to discontinue support for the device, leaving it as e-waste. Spotify has actually encouraged users to throw away their current devices. December 9, 2024, marks the official end of the very short-lived product. However, many of its users have found ways to repurpose the CarThing to increase productivity.

Deskthing desktop app and on device screens.

What DeskThing Strives to Become

What started as a hobby project has turned into a passion project. We hope to continue to improve the DeskThing and make it a staple in the lives of our users. We hope to continue to add new features and improve the user experience, making the DeskThing a better product for everyone. Take back the Car Thing.


  • - 100% Open Source
  • - 100% Expandable
  • - 100% Capable

Okay, fancy company talk aside.

I want this to act as a sign of encouragement. You've made it this far, why not shoot for the moon? And once you hit that, aim for the stars. You'll never know what you're capable of unless you try. You will fail. We all do. But you can always try again.

Realistically I doubt anyone is going to find this. But if you have somehow stumbled upon my little project on this corner of the internet. I want to welcome you here. I'm really trying my hardest to make the DeskThing an easy entrypoint for beginners to mess around with real tools to build their own deskside applications. If you're at all interested or want to support this project, there are links on the home page of this site.

Thank you,

Riprod