BetterLyrics

Local song lyrics presentation app built with WinUI3

Highlighted features

• Dynamic blur album art as background
• Smooth lyrics fade in/out, zoom in/out effects
• Smooth user interface change from song to song
• Gradient Karaoke effect on every single character

Note: Lyrics related effects and functions are built with CanvasAnimatedControl instead of list of TextBlock, which ensures a smooth and accurate animation and more customized style.

Coding in progress...

Customize in your way

We provide more than one setting item to better align with your preference

• Theme

  • Follow system
  • Light
  • Dark

• Backdrop

  • None
  • Mica
  • Mica alt
  • Acrylic desktop
  • Acrylic thin
  • Acrylic base
  • Transparent

• Album art as background

  • Dynamic
  • Opacity
  • Blur amount

• Lyrics

  • Alignment
  • Font size
  • Line spacing
  • Opacity on the edge
  • Blur amount
  • Dynamic glow effect

• Language

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Inspired by

• BetterNCM
• Lyricify-App
• 椒盐音乐 Salt Player

Demonstration video

Or watch our introduction video「BetterLyrics 阶段性开发成果展示」(uploaded on 31 May 2025) on Bilibili below (click the cover image to watch):

Screenshots

Split view

Fullscreen

Settings

Many thanks to

• Audio Tools Library (ATL) for .NET
• DevWinUI
• Stackoverflow - How to animate Margin property in WPF
• TagLib#
• 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

Third-party libraries that this project uses

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<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.OpacityMaskView" Version="0.1.250513-build.2126" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.0" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Behaviors" Version="8.2.250402" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls" Version="8.2.250402" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters" Version="8.2.250402" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions" Version="8.2.250402" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Media" Version="8.2.250402" />
<PackageReference Include="DevWinUI" Version="8.2.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.5" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D" Version="1.3.2" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.4188" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250513003" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed" Version="3.0.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
<PackageReference Include="sqlite-net-pcl" Version="1.9.172" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.5" />
<PackageReference Include="Ude.NetStandard" Version="1.2.0" />
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Any issues and PRs are welcomed