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BetterLyrics

Your dynamic lyrics display tool built with WinUI 3 and Win2D — works with local playback and other players

🎉 This project was featured by SSPAI!

Check out the article: BetterLyrics – An immersive and smooth lyrics display tool designed for Windows

🔈 Feedback and chat group

• QQ (1054700388)
• Discord
• Telegram

🌟 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 files (with both core format and enhanced format)
    • .eslrc files
    • .ttml files
  • Online lyrics providers
    • QQ 音乐
    • 网易云音乐
    • 酷狗音乐
    • amll-ttml-db
    • LRCLIB

• 🎶 Multiple Music Players Supported

  • ⚠️ 网易云音乐

    • Please install the BetterNCM plugin first. If a downgrade guide pops up after the installation, please follow the guide to complete the downgrade of NetEase Cloud Music (downgrade to 2.10.13);
    • After that, please install the InfLink plugin in PluginMarket. After the installation is complete, please restart NetEase Cloud Music. At this point, all preparatory operations have been completed, enjoy it!
    • ⚠️ Please note that there is issues with timeline due to plugin issue
  • ⚠️ 酷狗音乐

    • Please make sure that the Kugou Music setting "Support system playback controls, such as lock screen interface" is turned on
    • No timeline information broadcasted, which means when you change timeline position in Kugou Music, BetterLyrics has no way to detect this change.
    • ⚠️ Please note that there is issues with timeline due to Kugou itself
  • ⚠️ foobar2000

    • Make sure you have https://github.com/dumbie/foo_mediacontrol installed with it
    • ⚠️ Please note that there is issues with timeline due to plugin issue

  • Apple Music

  • Spotify

  • QQ 音乐

  • PotPlayer

  • Media Player (System)

  • LX Music

    • Please make sure you have enabled "Open API" in LX Music settings page
    • Then open BetterLyrics, go to settings, go to "Advanced options", input your LX Music server address (mostly like http://127.0.0.1:23330) and there you go!
  • MusicBee

    • Please install https://github.com/HenryPDT/mb_MediaControl before using
  • iTunes

    • Please install https://github.com/thewizrd/iTunes-SMTC before using
  • AIMP

    • Please install https://www.aimp.ru/?do=catalog&rec_id=1097 before using

• 🪟 Multiple Display Modes

  • Standard Mode
    • Enjoy an immersive listening journey with rich lyrics animations and beautifully dynamic backgrounds
  • Dock Mode
    • A smart animated lyrics bar docked to your screen edge
  • Desktop Mode
    • Enjoy immersive lyrics floating above your apps

• 🧠 Smart Behaviors

  • Auto hide when music paused

This project is still under development, bugs and unexpected behaviors may be existed in the latest branch.

Screenshots

Standard mode

Dock mode

Desktop mode

Demonstration

Watch our introduction video (uploaded on 18 Aug 2025) on Bilibili here.

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Microsoft Store

Easiest way to get it. Unlimited free trail or purchase (there is no difference between free and paid version)

☕ If you find it useful, please consider donating or purchasing 🧧 it in Microsoft Store, I'll appreciate it! 🥰

When there's a stable version built, Microsoft Store will be the first channel to get updated.

Google Drive

Or get it from Google Drive (see release page for the link)

Please note you are downloading ".zip" file, for guide on how to install it, please kindly follow this doc.

💖 Many thanks to

• Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper
  • Provide lyrics fetch, decryption, and parse for QQ, Netease, Kugou sources
• lrclib
  • LRCLIB lyrics API provider
• Audio Tools Library (ATL) for .NET
  • Used for extracting pictures in music files
• WinUIEx
  • Provide easy ways to access Win32 API regarding windowing
• TagLib#
  • Used for reading original lyrics content
• Vanara
  • Win32 API wrapper
• LibreTranslate
  • Provide the ability for offline lyrics translation
• Stackoverflow - How to animate Margin property in WPF
• DevWinUI
• Bilibili -【WinUI3】SystemBackdropController：定义云母、亚克力效果
• cnblogs - .NET App 与 Windows 系统媒体控制(SMTC)交互
• Win2D 中的游戏循环：CanvasAnimatedControl
• r2d2rigo/Win2D-Samples
• CommunityToolkit - 从入门到精通

Inspired by

• refined-now-playing-netease
• Lyricify-App
• 椒盐音乐 Salt Player
• MyToolBar

✍️ Help us translate into your language

Cannot find your language? Don't worry! Start translating and become one of the contributors! 😆 Click the link to translate this app into your language via Crowdin now!

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Any issues and PRs are welcomed

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