Lyrimuse

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Free, open source desktop lyrics app for Mac with word-by-word synced lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music and more.

Four ways to show lyrics: the lyrics window, a capsule by the notch, a floating desktop line with word-by-word highlight, and the menu bar

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application type

Lyrics Displayer

Since

New

Updated

Updated Oct 2026

Platforms

Mac

Lyrics Manager and the panel that shows why a song got the lyrics it did, with every candidate scored

Settings: fonts, colors, themes and where the lyrics appear

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Last.fm scrobbling with listening stats, top artists and a yearly heatmap

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Features

No Tracking
Ad-free
No registration required
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Support for Lyrics
Sits in the menu bar
ListenBrainz scrobbling
Automatic Lyrics Finder

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Recent activities

Khalil-7765 updated Lyrimuse
25 days ago
Khalil-7765 added Lyrimuse
2 months ago
Khalil-7765 added Lyrimuse as alternative to LyricsX, Lyric Fever and OSD Lyrics
2 months ago

Lyrimuse information

Developed by
Khalil
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
Written in
Swift
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Supported Languages
- English
- Chinese

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229 Stars
10 Forks
15 Open Issues
Updated Oct 12, 2026

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Lyrimuse was added to AlternativeTo by Khalil-7765 on Sep 6, 2026 and this page was last updated Oct 12, 2026.

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What is Lyrimuse?

Lyrimuse is a free, open source lyrics app for the Mac. It follows the song you're playing and shows the current line, lighting up word by word as it's sung.

You can put the lyrics on the desktop as a floating line, in the menu bar, in a small capsule by the notch, on the Touch Bar, or in a full lyrics window modeled on Apple Music's. Turn on as many of these as you like.

It works with Apple Music and Spotify, plus YouTube Music or Spotify Web in a browser tab, and other players including KKBOX, Amazon Music, Kaset, QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou Music and Soda Music.

Lyrics are found automatically. Lyrimuse searches twelve lyrics sources at once and scores every result, so a live recording doesn't end up with the studio lyrics. If it still picks the wrong one, you can rematch or edit it yourself.

It can also show translations under the original line, romanization for Japanese, Korean and Cantonese, scrobble to Last.fm with listening stats and charts, and set your Discord status to the song you're playing.

macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. GPL-3.0.

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