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Your dynamic lyrics display tool, built with WinUI 3 and Win2D, works with in-app playback and other players
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## 🎉 This project was featured by SSPAI!

Check out the article: [BetterLyrics – An immersive and smooth lyrics display tool designed for Windows](https://sspai.com/post/101028)

## 🔈 Feedback and chat group

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## 🌟 Highlighted features

- 🌠 **Pleasing User Interface**
  - Fluent animations and effects
- ↔️ **Strong Lyrics Translation**
  - Offline machine translation (supporting 30+ languages)
  - Auto-reading local lyrics files for embedded translation
- 🧩 **Various Lyrics Source**
  - 💾 Local storage
    - Music files (with embedded lyrics)
    - [.lrc](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC_(file_format)>) files (with both core format and enhanced format)
    - [.eslrc](https://github.com/ESLyric/release) files
    - [.ttml](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timed_Text_Markup_Language) files
  - ☁️ Online lyrics providers
    - QQ 音乐
    - 网易云音乐
    - 酷狗音乐
    - [amll-ttml-db](https://github.com/Steve-xmh/amll-ttml-db)
    - [LRCLIB](https://lrclib.net/)
    - <details><summary>⚠️ Apple Music (additional config needed)</summary>

  		- Open the Apple Music web app and the Developer Tools window. Refresh the page. Return to the Developer Tools window, select Fetch/XHR, select a request, find the Media-User-Token header in the request header, and copy its value.
		- Open BetterLyrics and go to the Playback Source settings. Enter the copied value in the Media-User-Token (for Apple Music) setting and click the accept icon on the right-hand side.
 
- 🎶 **Multiple Music Players Supported**

  - Check it out [here](https://github.com/jayfunc/BetterLyrics/wiki/Known-supported-music-players-(configuration-guidance)) for detailed info

- 🪟 **Multiple Display Modes**
  - **Standard Mode**
    - Enjoy an immersive listening journey with rich lyrics, animations and beautifully dynamic backgrounds
  - **Docked Mode**
    - A smart animated lyrics bar docked to your screen edge
  - **Desktop Mode**
    - Enjoy immersive lyrics floating above your apps
  - **And More...**
    - Waiting for you to discover... 
- 🧠 **Smart Behaviors**
  - Auto hide when music paused

## Screenshots

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## Demonstration

Watch our demo video (uploaded on 21 Oct 2025) on Bilibili [here](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1QRstz1EGt/).

## Try it now

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**Unlimited** free trail or purchase (there is **no difference** between free and paid version)

☕ If you find it useful, please consider [donating](#donations) or purchasing 🧧 it in **Microsoft Store**, I'll appreciate it! 🥰

Having trouble downloading and installing from the MS Store? See the alternative way to install it [here](https://github.com/jayfunc/BetterLyrics/wiki/Alternative-way-to-download-and-install). 

## Build

Before you build, make sure that you have already replaced `BetterLyrics\BetterLyrics.WinUI3\BetterLyrics.WinUI3\Constants\LastFMTemplate` with `BetterLyrics\BetterLyrics.WinUI3\BetterLyrics.WinUI3\Constants\LastFM.cs`

## 💖 Many thanks to

| Projects/Packages | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| [Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper](https://github.com/WXRIW/Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper) | Provide lyrics fetch, decryption, and parsing for QQ, Netease, and Kugou sources |
| [lrclib](https://github.com/tranxuanthang/lrclib) | LRCLIB lyrics API provider |
| [Manzana-Apple-Music-Lyrics](https://github.com/dropcreations/Manzana-Apple-Music-Lyrics) | Apple Music lyrics fetch using Python |
| [Audio Tools Library (ATL) for .NET](https://github.com/Zeugma440/atldotnet) | Used for extracting pictures from music files |
| [WinUIEx](https://github.com/dotMorten/WinUIEx) | Provide easy ways to access the Win32 API regarding windowing |
| [TagLib#](https://github.com/mono/taglib-sharp) | Used for reading the original lyrics content |
| [Vanara](https://github.com/dahall/Vanara) | Win32 API wrapper |
| [LibreTranslate](https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate) | Provide the ability for offline lyrics translation |
| [Isolation](https://github.com/Storyteller-Studios/Isolation) | Dynamic fluid background implementation |
| [SpectrumVisualization](https://github.com/Johnwikix/SpectrumVisualization) | Audio visualization reference |
| ... | ... |
 
### Tutorials/Blogs/etc.

- [Stackoverflow - How to animate Margin property in WPF](https://stackoverflow.com/a/21542882/11048731)
- [Bilibili -【WinUI3】SystemBackdropController：定义云母、亚克力效果](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PY4FevEkS)
- [cnblogs - .NET App 与 Windows 系统媒体控制(SMTC)交互](https://www.cnblogs.com/TwilightLemon/p/18279496)
- [Win2D 中的游戏循环：CanvasAnimatedControl](https://www.cnblogs.com/walterlv/p/10236395.html)
- [r2d2rigo/Win2D-Samples](https://github.com/r2d2rigo/Win2D-Samples/blob/master/IrisBlurWin2D/IrisBlurWin2D/MainPage.xaml.cs)
- [CommunityToolkit - 从入门到精通](https://mvvm.coldwind.top/)

## Inspired by

- [refined-now-playing-netease](https://github.com/solstice23/refined-now-playing-netease)
- [Lyricify-App](https://github.com/WXRIW/Lyricify-App)
- [椒盐音乐 Salt Player](https://moriafly.com/program/salt-player)
- [MyToolBar](https://github.com/TwilightLemon/MyToolBar)

## ✍️ Help us translate into your language

Cannot find your language? Or have better translations? Don't worry! Start translating and becoming one of the contributors! 😆

Visit https://crowdin.com/project/betterlyrics/invite?h=c9bfb28fce061484883c0891e7a26f9b2592556 to accept the invitation and become a valuable translator now!

## Star history

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## Any issues and PRs are welcome

If you find a bug, please file it in issues, or if you have any ideas, feel free to share them here.

## Donations

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## ⚠️ Disclaimer

This project is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

All lyrics, fonts, icons, and other third-party resources are the property of their respective copyright holders. 
The author of this project does not claim ownership of such resources.

This project is non-commercial and should not be used to infringe any rights. 
Users are responsible for ensuring their own use complies with applicable laws and licenses.