--- title: /lyricli.html
--- description: "Lyricli (lrc), a command line lyrics finder"
## lyricli (lrc)

Command line tool that shows lyrics for your currently playing song in the command line

=> https://git.sr.ht/~rbdr/lyricli view source.

You may need to allow the plugin to run in "Privacy & Security" in your system settings.

## Install from Homebrew

You can install using homebrew. For direct binaries see below.

```
$ brew tap rbdr/apps git@git.sr.ht:~rbdr/homebrew-apps
$ brew install lyricli
```

## Download

* [1] Latest (2.0.1), for both intel and apple silicon macs (larger binary)
* [2] Latest (2.0.1), only for apple silicon macs
* [3] Latest (2.0.1), only for intel macs

=> /files/lyricli/lrc-universal.tar.gz [1] lrc (universal)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-arm64.tar.gz [2] lrc (arm64)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-x86_64.tar.gz [3] lrc (x86_64)

## Usage

Running without arguments will try to detect your current song in apple music or spotify

You can run it with artist name and song name to fetch it manually

```
$ lrc artist_name song_name
```

You can view help with the h / help flag

```
$ lrc -h
$ lrc --help
```

## Managing Sources

By default it comes with spotify and apple music sources enabled, you can disable sources using:

```
$ lrc -d (source_name)
$ lrc --disable-source (source_name)
```

You can enable the source again using

```
$ lrc -e (source_name)
$ lrc --enable-source (source_name)
```

You can list all the sources with:

```
$ lrc -l
$ lrc --list-sources
```

## All Versions

lrc 2.0.1 - Fixes a segfault when there are n1 results, and incorrect behavior when results are not songs.
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-universal.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (universal)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-arm64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (arm64)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.1-x86_64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.1 (x86_64)

lrc 2.0.0 - Rebuilt to use swift 5.8 and work with the genius API instead of defunct LyricsWiki
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-universal.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (universal)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-arm64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (arm64)
=> /files/lyricli/lrc-2.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz lrc 2.0.0 (x86_64)