A pre-built Void Linux image for the Spotify Car Thing.
Flashing • Donate • Building • Credits • License
Warning
Bricking the Car Thing is nearly impossible, but the risk is always there when flashing custom firmware.
- Terbium driver is required on Windows:
irm https://driver.terbium.app/get | iex(Powershell)
- Download an installer zip file from Releases
- Plug in your Car Thing's USB while holding 1+4 (buttons at the top)
- Follow the instructions on Terbium to flash your Car Thing using the downloaded zip file
Flashing will likely take about 10 minutes depending on your USB ports and some other factors. Please try multiple ports if one isn’t working (Rear IO USB 3/2, BIOS flash port if on AMD, etc).
Use a tool of your choice (likely Terbium) to flash stock or a different firmware.
Nocturne is a massive endeavor, and the team have spent everyday over the last few months making it a reality out of our passion for creating something that people like you love to use.
All donations are split between the four members of the Nocturne team, and go towards the development of future features. We are so grateful for your support!
curl, zip/unzip, genimage, m4, xbps-install, and mkpasswd binaries are required. xbps-install can be installed on any distro by using the static binaries.
Caution
Do not extract the xbps-static tar to your rootfs without being careful or else you may end up with a broken system. The following command has worked for me, but you have been warned.
sudo tar --no-overwrite-dir --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -xvf xbps-static-latest.x86_64-musl.tar.xz -C /
If you are on an architecture other than arm64, qemu-user-static (+ binfmt, or use docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes) is required.
Use the Justfile. just run will output a flashable Car Thing image in output.
$ just -l
Available recipes:
build
copy
lint
run
shell
This software was made possible only through the following individuals and open source programs:
- raspi-alpine/builder (by Benjamin Böhmke and Duncan Bellamy) which is what this builder is based on
- JoeyEamigh/nixos-superbird
- Benjamin McGill, for providing Brandon a Car Thing
- bishopdynamics, for creating the original superbird-tool, superbird-debian-kiosk, and modifying aml-imgpack
- Thing Labs' fork of superbird-tool, for their contributions on the original superbird-tool
This project is licensed under the Apache license.
© 2025 Nocturne.
"Spotify" and "Car Thing" are trademarks of Spotify AB. This software is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify AB.
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