/ˈlɪrɪslænd/ — Lyrics + Island
Real-time Spotify lyrics in a Dynamic Island style overlay for macOS
简体中文 | 繁體中文 | English | 日本語 | 한국어
Lyrisland displays real-time Spotify lyrics at the top of your screen in a Dynamic Island style overlay. Lyrics are precisely synced with playback — lightweight, elegant, and always on your desktop.
- Dynamic Island Modes — Compact, Expanded, and Full modes with smooth animated transitions; Expanded shows track info, Full includes playback controls (prev/play-pause/next)
- Real-time Sync — Line-by-line lyrics highlighting, precisely aligned with playback progress
- Album Artwork — Displays album art in all three modes — thumbnail in Compact, medium cover in Expanded, large cover in Full
- Dual-line Lyrics — Karaoke-style display showing current and next line simultaneously (toggle with ⌘D)
- Multiple Lyrics Sources — Fallback chain across 4 providers: LRCLIB → Musixmatch → SodaMusic → Netease, with drag-to-reorder priority and per-source enable/disable in Settings
- Flexible Positioning — Snap to menu bar (attached) or free-drag anywhere on screen (detached), with position persisted across launches
- Background Styles — Choose from solid color, album gradient, frosted glass, or dynamic gradient backgrounds
- Customizable Shortcuts — View, rebind, or disable all keyboard shortcuts in Settings, with conflict detection and one-click reset
- RTL Support — Automatic text direction detection for right-to-left languages (e.g. Arabic), with adaptive marquee scroll and alignment
- Multilingual UI — Localized in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어
- No Login Required — Reads playback state directly from the local Spotify client via AppleScript, no account authorization needed
- Lightweight & Resident — Runs in the menu bar only, no Dock icon, minimal resource usage
brew tap EurFelux/tap
brew install --cask lyrisland
# Update to the latest version
brew upgrade lyrislandDownload the latest .dmg from GitHub Releases, open it, and drag Lyrisland to Applications.
- Make sure Spotify Desktop is installed
- Open Lyrisland
- On first launch, macOS will request Automation permission — please allow it
- Play a song in Spotify, and lyrics will automatically appear at the top of your screen
- macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
- Spotify Desktop client
Q: Do I need to log in to Spotify? No. Lyrisland reads playback info from the local Spotify client without any account authorization.
Q: Why are there no lyrics for some songs? Lyrics come from third-party public databases. Niche tracks or instrumentals may not be available yet.
Q: What if the lyrics are out of sync?
Use the offset adjustment from the menu bar icon ([ / ] keys, ±0.5 seconds each).
Q: Does it support Apple Music? Currently only Spotify is supported.
- Lyricify Lyrics Helper — Musixmatch & Netease lyrics API reference
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.