LyricsX
brew install --cask lyricsx
v1.6.3,2351
Display synchronized lyrics from multiple sources in the menubar or desktop while playing music in iTunes, Spotify, Vox, or Audirvana.
Why you might care
Open-source native macOS app that automatically fetches and syncs lyrics across multiple music players. Works seamlessly as a menubar widget with customizable display, offset adjustment, and drag-and-drop lyric file management—useful for anyone who wants lyrics integrated into their music listening experience without switching apps.
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30-day installs · #899
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90-day · #880
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365-day · #936
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★ GitHub stars · updated 8mo ago
GitHub topics
apple-music
audirvana
download-lyrics
itunes
lyrics
macos-app
menubar
music
spotify
swinsian
vox
Links
- https://github.com/ddddxxx/LyricsX
- GitHub: ddddxxx/LyricsX
- Brew formula source: Casks/l/lyricsx.rb
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"github_readme_excerpt": "# LyricsX\n\n[](https://crowdin.com/project/lyricsx)\n[](https://telegram.me/LyricsXApp)\n[](https://codebeat.co/projects/github-com-ddddxxx-lyricsx-master)\n\n\u003cimg src=\"docs/img/icon.png\" width=\"128px\"\u003e\n\nUltimate lyrics app for macOS.\n\n[LyricsX for iOS](https://github.com/ddddxxx/LyricsX-iOS) and [lyricsx-cli for Linux](https://github.com/ddddxxx/lyricsx-cli) is in early development.\n\n## Installation\n\n### Homebrew\n\n```\n$ brew install --cask lyricsx\n```\n\n### Mac App Store\n\n[](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lyricsx/id1254743014?mt=12)\n\n### Manual\n\nDownload from [releases](https://github.com/ddddxxx/LyricsX/releases).\n\n### Requirements\n\n- macOS 10.11+\n\n## Features\n\n- Work perfectly with your favorite music players. [List of supported players](https://github.com/ddddxxx/MusicPlayer#supported-players)\n- Automatically search \u0026 download live lyrics from various lyrics sources. [List of supported sources](https://github.com/ddddxxx/LyricsKit#supported-sources)\n- Display lyrics on desktop and menubar. you can customize font, color and position.\n- Adjust lyrics offset on status menu.\n- Navigate the song with lyrics - Double click a line to jump to specific position.\n- Drag \u0026 Drop to import/export lyrics file.\n- Auto launch \u0026 quit with music player.\n- Automatic conversion between Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.\n\n### Lyrics Editor\n\nLyricsX use custom lyrics file format \"LRCX\" which support word time tag, multi-language translation and more. Currently there\u0027s no official LRCX editor. You can use [Lrcx_Creator](https://github.com/Doublefire-Chen/Lrcx_Creator) for now (see [#544](https://github.com/ddddxxx/LyricsX/issues/544), thanks to [@Doublefire-Chen](https://github.com/Doublefire-Chen)). Or use normal LRC edito",
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