jayfunc/BetterLyrics

An elegant and deeply customizable lyrics visualizer & versatile music player, built with WinUI3/Win2D | 一款优雅且高度自定义的歌词可视化与全能音乐播放应用，基于 WinUI3/Win2D 构建

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BetterLyrics

Strums the Heartstrings, Graces the Wordscapes

An elegant, highly customizable lyrics visualizer and versatile music player built with WinUI 3 & Win2D

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Download & Install
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Highlighted Features

Stunning Visuals & Fluid Interactions

Powered by WinUI 3 & Win2D: Experience buttery-smooth animations and hardware-accelerated rendering tailored for the modern Windows 11 design language.
Advanced Lyric Motion: Breathe life into every word with per-syllable karaoke highlighting, trailing long-note glows, and spatial perspective fading for distant lyrics.
Immersive Dynamic Backgrounds: Elevate your music with real-time audio visualizers and striking backgrounds—from fluid gradients to blur, fog, and snowflake particles.
Chameleon Adaptive Engine: Intelligently samples colors from your screen edges or album art, ensuring the player perfectly blends with your desktop environment.

Ultimate Ecosystem & Smart Automation

Universal Visualizer: Flawlessly syncs with local libraries, SMB/FTP streams, and dozens of major platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and NetEase.
Any-Scenario Layouts: Choose your vibe: immersive Full Screen, floating Desktop mode, a discreet Taskbar integration, or a Wallpaper mode that embeds right beneath your icons (Wallpaper Engine friendly).
Precision Matching & AI-Ready: High-accuracy lyric matching with automatic metadata correction and noise reduction. Built with a modular architecture ready for offline translations and Local LLM integrations.
Community Plugin System: Expand BetterLyrics endlessly. Add custom lyric sources, transliterations (like Romaji), and translation engines via community-built plugins.
Artistic Lyrics Cards & Analytics: Share your favorite lines using 10+ artistic templates (Vinyl, Polaroid, Cyberpunk), and explore your listening habits through a beautiful "Wrapped-style" stats story.

Download & Install

Microsoft Store (Recommended)	Manual Install
Unlimited free trial (Same as paid)	Latest Release (.zip) See Installation Guide

Docs | Plugin Store | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service

Screenshots

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Lyrics Card

Lyrics Card Feature

Click here to view all card styles

Classic Design

Physical

Digital Retro

Atmosphere

Chinese Elegance

Traces of Time

Demonstration

Watch our demo video on Bilibili here.

Community

Join our communities to get support, share your layouts, and stay updated:

Discord | Telegram | QQ Group 1 (1054700388) | QQ Group 2 (1076554669) | QQ Channel

Contribute & Build

We welcome community contributions! Here is how you can help:

Help us translate: Cannot find your language? Start translating here.
Develop Plugins: Want to extend functionality? Read the Developer Guide.
Build from source: View build instructions.

Donations

If you enjoy using BetterLyrics, please consider supporting the project. Your contributions help keep the development active!

Web Platforms	Alipay / WeChat Pay
PayPal Buy Me a Coffee 爱发电 (Afdian)

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Media Mentions & Community Features

Discover what the community and media are saying about BetterLyrics! Check out our full Media & Community Features List.

License & Credits

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Special Thanks, Credits & Inspiration

Contributors

Core Maintainer

Maintainer	Roles
jayfunc	Core Developer / Project Lead (`C` `I` `Q` `D`)

Contributors (Alphabetical)

Contributor	Contributions
borcolasky	`I`
H-MAli	`C`
kusutori	`C`
PiYuanZhouLv	`C`
Raspberry-Monster	`C`
SuHeAndZl	`I` `Q` `D`
YUZU384	`C`
ZHider	`C`
zxbmmmmmmmmm	`C`

C Code ╹ I i18n ╹ Q QA ╹ D Docs

Dependencies

Projects / Packages	Description
ComputeSharp	.NET library to run HLSL compute shaders, used for dynamic fluid backgrounds
Dubya.WindowsMediaController	Interacts with Windows 10/11 Media Transport Controls (SMTC)
Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper	Lyrics fetch, decryption, and parsing for various sources
NAudio	Audio playback and WASAPI loopback for spectrum visualization
Win2D	Hardware-accelerated 2D graphics rendering for WinUI

See dependencies for the full list.

References

Projects / Repositories	Description
Isolation	Dynamic fluid background implementation
LibreTranslate	Offline lyrics translation provider
lrclib	LRCLIB lyrics API provider
Manzana-Apple-Music-Lyrics	Apple Music lyrics fetch using Python
original-sound-hq-player	Apple Music style spring animation for lyrics scrolling reference
SpectrumVisualization	Audio visualization reference

Inspired By

Some design ideas are referenced from the following projects (design inspiration only):

Projects / Software	Description
FluentFlyout `FOSS`	Interaction and visual design concepts of the Now Playing flyout
refined-now-playing-netease `FOSS`	Overall layout and typography design of the standard mode lyrics interface
Lyricify-App `Prop`	Architectural approach to monitoring and handling multiple media sessions via SMTC
Salt Player for Windows `Paid` `Prop`	Mouse hover parallax animation for album covers, and UI element designs in the now-playing bar
MyToolBar `FOSS`	AppBar concept, which inspired the interaction logic of the "Docked Mode" in this project

FOSS Free and Open Source Software ╹ Prop Proprietary ╹ Paid Paid

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_{Thunder Bay × Wuhan}
_{© 2025-2026 The BetterLyrics Contributors. All rights reserved.}
_{Disclaimer: This project is provided "as is". All third-party resources belong to their respective owners.}

apple-music

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kugou-music

lrc

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musicbee

netease-cloud-music

potplayer

qq-music

spotify

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