Better Lyrics for Youtube Music upgrades your Youtube Music experience by providing beautiful time synced lyrics for the currently playing song.
🎵 Beautiful time-synced lyrics on Youtube Music
📦 No external dependencies or API key
⏩ Seek to a specific part of the song by clicking on the lyrics
🌏 Supports multiple languages
🪶 Lightweight and easy to use
🖥️ Support for full-screen mode
- Clone this repository or download the ZIP file from the releases page.
- Open Google Chrome and go to
chrome://extensions. - Enable "Developer mode" by toggling the switch in the top right corner.
- Click on "Load unpacked" and select the folder where you cloned/downloaded this repository.
- The Better Lyrics extension should now be installed and ready to use!
- Clone this repository or download the ZIP file from the releases page.
- Open Firefox and go to
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox. - Copy the contents of
manifest.firefox.jsonand paste it inmanifest.json. - Click on "Load Temporary Add-on" and select the
manifest.jsonfile inside the cloned/downloaded folder. - The Better Lyrics extension should now be installed and ready to use!
- Open YouTube Music and start playing a song.
- Click on the lyrics tab to view the time-synced lyrics. (This might take a few seconds to load)
- Click on a specific line to seek to that part of the song.
| Option | Default Status |
|---|---|
| Logs | Enabled |
| Auto switch to Lyrics tab | Disabled |
| Blurred album art background | Enabled |
| Auto-hide cursor in full screen mode | Enabled |
| Full screen mode | Enabled |
| Translations | Disabled |
| Translation Language | English |
Tip
To change defaults, click on the Better Lyrics icon in the extensions toolbar. The changes require a page refresh to take effect.
Important
The author is self-hosting the backend for Better Lyrics to ensure a smooth and reliable experience for all users. This involves maintaining servers, handling updates, and ensuring uptime. If you find Better Lyrics useful and would like to support the project, please consider making a donation.
Your support helps cover the costs of hosting and development, and ensures continued improvements and stability.
Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 License. As long as you attribute me or Better Lyrics as the original creator and you comply with the rest of the license terms, you can use this project for personal or commercial purposes.
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
 Oleh 💻 |
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!