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CLUSTER DESKTOP-LYRICS-SYNCHRONIZED · 24 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-03-08

Synchronized lyrics display apps

This cluster comprises desktop, mobile, and embedded applications that display synchronized song lyrics in real time across surfaces such as desktop overlays, VRChat chatboxes, AR glasses, Tesla screens, and media-server clients. Dated entries from March 2019 through July 2026 are sparse and irregular, with an early cluster in 2019 and a later concentration in mid-2026. None of the traction leaders show meaningful public adoption, as all have zero stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2019: 1MAY 2019: 1AUG 2019: 1DEC 2023: 1JAN 2024: 1JUN 2025: 1MAY 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 3AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 6OCT 2026: 5
MAR 2019OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 9 hobby · 9 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01eozMP9★3 days—hobbyMusic player for Windows that integrates peer-to-peer downloads with local library playback and automatically displays synced lyrics.
  2. 02music-island5★22 daysliveDesktop overlay music player that displays the current song, artwork, playback controls and synced lyrics above other windows.
  3. 03CloudLyricIsland2★1 daylivehand-codedhobbyWindows desktop lyrics overlay for NetEase Cloud Music that shows synchronized lyrics, searches album covers, and controls playback from the desktop or games.
  4. 04live-music-translator1★5 days—hobbyDesktop app that shows the current line of song lyrics with offline translations to help language learners follow music playing on the computer.
  5. 05lori-player0★20 days—hobbyDesktop music player that plays local audio files, displays synced lyrics and cover art, and offers a transparent desktop lyrics overlay.
  6. 06LyricDisplay0★2 days—hobbyDesktop app that presents a floating lyric display over other applications, syncing with locally played music to show current song text.
  7. 07Waylyrics0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that displays synchronized song lyrics overlaid on the desktop in real time as music plays.
  8. 08musicways0★5 days—hobbyMusic player web app that streams songs from independent artists and shows synchronized lyrics.
  9. 09TidaLuna-Plugins0★18 days—hobbyAdd-ons for a desktop music streaming app that provide system media controls, a local control API, and lyric translation.
  10. 10desktop-karaoke2★1 molivehand-codedhobbyDesktop application that displays karaoke lyrics as a floating teleprompter over other windows, likely syncing with music.
  11. 11AirLyrics0★19 daysliveopen sourceFloating lyrics app that detects media playback, searches online for synced lyrics, and displays line-by-line or word-by-word text.
  12. 12audion-bin0★27 daysliveopen sourceLocal music player with a Spotify-inspired interface that displays synchronized lyrics.
  13. 13Chorus0★2 moliveopen sourceDisplays synchronized lyrics for the current music track on desktop, with support for manual selection and live updates.
  14. 14Lyrion Dashboard0★15 daysliveopen sourceCompanion app that displays a live now-playing dashboard with synced lyrics for a self-hosted music server.
  15. 15spotify-lyrics0★1 mo—Application that shows real-time synchronized lyrics on Tesla car displays for the driver and passengers.
  16. 16lyrs-bin0★3 moliveopen sourceDesktop app that shows lyrics for the currently playing track on Spotify or YouTube Music.
  17. 17splayer-bin0★4 moliveopen sourceMusic player that streams from Jellyfin, Navidrome, or Emby media servers and displays synced lyrics.
  18. 18Niki0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop multimedia application that plays music and video, fetches and edits lyrics, and offers equalizer, camera, and DLNA streaming controls.
  19. 19Give Me Lyrics0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that displays synchronized lyrics for songs currently playing in other media player applications.
  20. 20vrc-py0★5 moliveopen sourceDesktop overlay application that displays synchronized song lyrics, system performance statistics, and progress bars within a VRChat chatbox.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.