--- title: Pitch: I built a lyrics app for Spotify (but better)... description: A developer built an open-source desktop overlay app that displays synced Spotify lyrics in real time, always visible on top of other windows. Initially... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pitch-i-built-a-lyrics-app-for-spotify-but-better-open-source--jmsxju8z4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pitch: I built a lyrics app for Spotify (but better) [OPEN-SOURCE] | daily.dev og:description: A developer built an open-source desktop overlay app that displays synced Spotify lyrics in real time, always visible on top of other windows. Initially... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pitch-i-built-a-lyrics-app-for-spotify-but-better-open-source--jmsxju8z4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jMSXju8z4.png og:image:alt: Pitch: I built a lyrics app for Spotify (but better) [OPEN-SOURCE] og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pitch: I built a lyrics app for Spotify (but better) [OPEN-SOURCE] **[Eduardo Moraes Rigo](https://daily.dev/sources/7ay0ubul7)** · [@eduardomrigo](https://daily.dev/eduardomrigo) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer built an open-source desktop overlay app that displays synced Spotify lyrics in real time, always visible on top of other windows. Initially prototyped with Electron but rewritten in Rust + Tauri for a lighter footprint. The app is fully vibecoded and available on GitHub. ## Content Yes, Spotify already has native lyrics. But you need to keep it open and in focus to see them. If you're gaming, working, or doing anything else on your screen, you lose it. I vibecoded a desktop overlay that stays pinned on the screen, **always visible on top of everything**, showing synced lyrics in real time. Transparent, lightweight, and customizable. The original idea was to build it with Electron, but it ended up too heavy. I rewrote everything using Rust + Tauri, and the result is much lighter. The code is open source. It was 100% vibecoded, so there might be bugs. If you find anything, feel free to open an issue. [https://github.com/eduardomrigo/Spotify-Lyrics](https://github.com/eduardomrigo/Spotify-Lyrics) Source: [https://github.com/eduardomrigo/Spotify-Lyrics](https://github.com/eduardomrigo/Spotify-Lyrics) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Aurral brings Spotify's best feature to my self-hosted music library](https://daily.dev/posts/aurral-brings-spotify-s-best-feature-to-my-self-hosted-music-library-fsktdujij) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#spotify](https://daily.dev/tags/spotify), [#electron](https://daily.dev/tags/electron), [#tauri](https://daily.dev/tags/tauri) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pitch-i-built-a-lyrics-app-for-spotify-but-better-open-source--jmsxju8z4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/pitch-i-built-a-lyrics-app-for-spotify-but-better-open-source--jmsxju8z4","headline":"Pitch: I built a lyrics app for Spotify (but better) [OPEN-SOURCE]","text":"A developer built an open-source desktop overlay app that displays synced Spotify lyrics in real time, always visible on top of other windows. 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