LRCGET — Rick Lidgett's Enhanced Lyrics Editor

A desktop app for downloading, creating and precisely timing synced lyrics for your offline music library. It is an independent, MIT-licensed fork of LRCGET by tranxuanthang, adding a waveform lyrics editor, word-by-word timing, Enhanced LRC (.elrc) and update alerts. See What this fork changes and License and attribution.

Download the latest release · Illustrated how-tos · Changelog · Report a problem

Supported systems

System	Installer	Processor
Windows 10 and 11	.msi	x64 (64-bit Intel/AMD)
Linux Mint 22, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian-based systems with glibc 2.39+	.deb	x64 (amd64)
Other Linux distributions with glibc 2.39+, GTK 3 and WebKitGTK 4.1	AppImage	x64

Desktop and laptop computers only. The editor needs a window of at least 1024 × 768 and is designed for a mouse and keyboard. Not supported: phones, tablets, Chromebooks, macOS, ARM computers (no ARM64 builds are published) and older Linux releases.

Download

Each release contains:

File	Use
LRCGET_<version>_x64_en-US.msi	Windows 10/11 installer
LRCGET_<version>_amd64.deb	Linux Mint / Ubuntu / Debian package
LRCGET_<version>_amd64.AppImage	Portable Linux app
LRCGET_<version>_source.zip / .tar.gz	Full source code with documentation
LRCGET_<version>_docs.zip	Illustrated guides on their own
LRCGET_<version>_THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md	Licenses of the bundled open-source components
LRCGET_<version>_AppImage_library_sources.tar	Source code of the Linux libraries bundled inside the AppImage
*.sha256, LRCGET_<version>_SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums to verify downloads

Every installer is built and tested by GitHub Actions before it is published, including installing over the previous release and uninstalling.

Install

Your music library, lyrics and settings are kept when you install a newer version over an older one. Optionally verify a download first: on Linux run sha256sum -c FILE.sha256; on Windows compare Get-FileHash FILE with the .sha256 file.

Windows 10/11 (.msi)

1. Download the .msi file and double-click it.
2. This MSI has no digital publisher signature, so Windows cannot verify its publisher and may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen warning. This is a new independent fork with limited public recognition, so it does not yet qualify for a sponsored signing certificate. The warning alone does not mean malware. Install only if you downloaded it from the LRCGET fork's official GitHub release and its SHA-256 matches the published checksum. Windows CI scans reported no threats, though scans cannot guarantee a file is risk-free or prevent Windows from warning.
3. Follow the installer. Installing a newer version replaces the old one.

Uninstall from Settings → Apps → Installed apps → LRCGET. If WebView2 is missing, the installer downloads it from Microsoft.

Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian (.deb)

1. Close LRCGET if it is running.

2. Open a terminal in the download folder and run (use the actual file name):

   sudo apt install ./LRCGET_2.3.0_amd64.deb

3. Start LRCGET from the application menu. A newer .deb upgrades the installed copy in place. To reinstall the same version, add --reinstall.

Uninstall with sudo apt remove lrcget. Your lyrics database is kept in ~/.local/share/net.lrclib.lrcget.

Other Linux (AppImage)

1. Make the file runnable: right-click it, choose Properties → Permissions and turn on Allow executing file as program, or run chmod +x LRCGET_2.3.0_amd64.AppImage.
2. Double-click it to start. If it reports missing FUSE, install libfuse2 (libfuse2t64 on Ubuntu 24.04) or run it with --appimage-extract-and-run.
3. To update, replace the old AppImage file with the new one.

The AppImage and the .deb share the same settings; run one at a time. More detail: package guide.

Update alerts

Each time LRCGET starts, it asks GitHub once whether a newer version has been published. If so, an Update available window shows the new version and the one installer that matches your computer, with install steps.

• Download update opens the download in your browser. LRCGET never installs or runs anything by itself.
• Later reminds you at the next start; Skip this version hides that version.
• Without an internet connection the check stays silent. Open About to check by hand. Details: how-to and privacy.

Features

• Library and playback: scan and browse tracks, albums and artists; play from the active list with previous/next, shuffle and repeat off/all/one. The active song is highlighted, with an equalizer while it plays.
• Karaoke display: open valid timed LRC/ELRC sidecars from the track list; switch between line and word display when both exist, with shared playback controls and queue navigation that skips tracks without timed lyrics.
• Find lyrics online: search LRCLIB, compare durations, preview and apply results, or download lyrics for the whole library.
• Waveform editor: click-to-play waveform with zoom, precise Start/End markers, previews, Cancel, Undo/Redo and overlap protection.
• Word timing: click a word to seek to its start while preserving pause; Play starts from the selected word. Time every word, loop a word or sentence while refining it, and save Enhanced LRC (.elrc) with word timestamps.
• Import and export: plain TXT, standard LRC and ELRC chosen independently; optional embedding in MP3 (USLT/SYLT/TXXX) and FLAC.
• Optional audio alignment: local Whisper/stable-ts alignment of sentences or words, installed only with your consent. Basic editing needs no AI.
• Safety: unfinished work is recovered automatically; publishing to LRCLIB always asks for confirmation.
• Themes and help: light and dark themes, optional hover help, F1 help and configurable shortcuts.

Full list: features.

Screenshots

More pictures in the illustrated overview and how-tos. Screenshots use generated demonstration music.

Documentation

• Step-by-step how-tos and editing reference
• Package installation and verification
• Troubleshooting and recovery
• Optional audio alignment
• Privacy and network use
• Building from source, developer guide and platform builds
• Changelog and detailed release notes

Known limitations

• The Windows MSI is unsigned. Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen warning because this new fork does not yet qualify for a sponsored signing certificate. Verify the download checksum before installing.
• x64 only; no macOS, ARM, RPM or Flatpak builds of this fork.
• Linux packages need glibc 2.39 or newer (Mint 22 / Ubuntu 24.04 or newer).
• Estimated and automatically aligned timing needs listening review; singing alignment is not perfect.
• Plain TXT stores no timing; LRC stores sentence timing; ELRC stores word timing. Word highlighting depends on the player you use.
• Same-version maintenance builds do not trigger update alerts; only a higher version does.

Report a problem

Open an issue with your system, LRCGET version (shown in About) and steps to reproduce. Issues are public: leave out personal paths, private lyrics, audio and email addresses.

Troubleshooting

• No audio on Linux: install pipewire-alsa (sudo apt install pipewire-alsa).
• App won't open on Windows: install Microsoft Edge WebView2 if it was removed (for example on LTSC or "debloated" systems).
• Invisible scrollbar on KDE Plasma: System Settings → Appearance → Global Theme → Application Style → Configure GNOME/GTK Application Style, choose a different GTK theme.

More in troubleshooting.

Building from source

Requires Node.js 22, stable Rust and the Tauri prerequisites for your system.

npm ci
npm run tauri -- dev --features webdriver       # development window with WebDriver inspection
npm run tauri -- build --features custom-protocol --bundles deb,appimage -- --no-default-features

The Windows MSI is built with packaging/windows/build-msi.ps1. Full instructions: build from source.

Releases (maintainers): commit the version, CHANGELOG.md and docs/releases/<version>.md, then run Actions → Release installers with a tag such as v2.2.8. It runs the Windows (windows-msi.yml) and Linux (linux-packages.yml) build and install checks and publishes only if all of them pass.

What this fork changes

This fork keeps the original LRCGET library scanner, LRCLIB downloader and publisher, and adds the lyrics editor and packaging work described above. Modified and added files are recorded in the Git history; summaries are in CHANGELOG.md, LOCAL_CHANGES.md and docs/releases. The app keeps the original identifier net.lrclib.lrcget. This is not an official LRCGET release, and the original author does not endorse or support it.

License and attribution

LRCGET is © 2023 tranxuanthang and is distributed under the MIT License; the original copyright and permission notice are kept unchanged and must be included in copies or substantial portions of the software. Modifications are by Rick Lidgett (@scriptusscript777) under the same license. Third-party libraries keep their own licenses; see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

Original project

LRCGET scans your music folders and downloads matching LRC lyrics from LRCLIB, saving them next to your music files. LRCGET is the official client of the LRCLIB service. For the original app on all platforms (including Flatpak, RPM and macOS), see the upstream releases.

To learn about supporting the original developer, visit GitHub Sponsors. Donations there go to the original creator; this fork does not request donations. Original author contact: hoangtudevops@protonmail.com (for the original project, not this fork).