1 --- title: /lyricli.html
2 --- description: "Lyricli (lrc), a command line lyrics finder for linux and mac"
5 Command line tool that shows lyrics for your currently playing song in the terminal, supports spotify and apple music on macos, and most linux music players.
7 => https://git.r.bdr.sh/rbdr/lyricli view source (git.r.bdr.sh)
8 => https://git.sr.ht/~rbdr/lyricli view source (sourcehut mirror)
13 You can install using homebrew. For direct binaries see below.
16 $ brew tap rbdr/apps git@git.sr.ht:~rbdr/homebrew-apps
17 $ brew install lyricli
21 You can find pre-built packages for linux @ build.r.bdr.sh. There you can
22 find a `.tar.gz` that includes only the binary, or `.rpm` and `.deb`
23 distributions for fedora and debian that include a manpage.
25 Binaries are provided for x86_64 and aarch64.
27 Unstable releases are built directly from the main branch, while tagged
28 versions have their own release and can be considered more stable.
30 => gemini://build.r.bdr.sh/lyricli lyricli pre-built releases @ gemini
31 => https://build.r.bdr.sh/lyricli lyricli pre-built releases @ https
35 In order to build this project, you'll need a genius client token. See the genius api docs for more information.
37 => https://docs.genius.com/ genius api docs
39 Make sure you have rust and Make installed. Clone the repository, and run:
42 % make -e profile=release
45 Then copy the file somewhere in your PATH
48 % cp ./target/release/lyricli /usr/local/lyricli
52 Running without arguments will try to detect your current song in apple music or spotify
58 You can run it with artist name and song name to fetch it manually
61 $ lrc artist_name song_name
64 You can view help with the h / help flag
73 If you install using the rpm and deb you should be able to call help with man
81 By default it comes with spotify and apple music sources enabled, you can disable sources using:
84 $ lrc -d (source_name)
85 $ lrc --disable-source (source_name)
88 You can enable the source again using
91 $ lrc -e (source_name)
92 $ lrc --enable-source (source_name)
95 You can list all the sources with:
104 * 3.0.0 Rewritten in rust, supports linux media players. Relicensed to AGPL 3.0
105 * 2.0.1 Fixes a segfault when there are no results, and incorrect behavior when results are not songs.
106 * 2.0.0 Upgraded for swift 5.8 and work with the genius API instead of defunct LyricsWiki.
107 * 1.0.0 Upgraded for swift 5.0. Gets rid of the arguments source. Adds Apple Music support and ensures the app is running.
108 * 0.3.0 Spotify support. Bugfixes for iTunes support when app is not running.
109 * 0.2.0 iTunes support. Bugfixes for iTunes support when app is not running.
110 * 0.1.0 Initial swift release. Relicense to Apache. Only arguments source.
111 * 0.0.2 Improves error management and source management. Adds iTunes source.
112 * 0.0.1 Initial release in ruby with rdio support.
116 You can download binaries of older releases, macos only.
119 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-universal.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (universal)
120 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-arm64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (arm64)
121 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-x86_64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (x86_64)
124 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-universal.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (universal)
125 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-arm64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (arm64)
126 => /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (x86_64)