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

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

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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 files (with both core format and enhanced format)
      • .eslrc files
      • .ttml files
    • Online lyrics providers
  • 🎶 Multiple Music Players Supported

    • ⚠️ NetEase Cloud Music
      • 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
    • ⚠️ Kugou Music
      • 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
    • Apple Music

    • Spotify

    • QQ Music

    • 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
    • iTunes
    • AIMP
  • 🪟 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

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Dock mode

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Desktop mode

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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.

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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

If you like this project, please consider supporting it by donating. Your support will help keep the project alive and encourage further development.

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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.