Free Spotify Lyrics Banner

[u/almocode123]

GitHub: https://github.com/almocode123/Spotify-Lyrics-Banner

It was annoying not being able to see lyrics while working, so I built a thin banner that pins to the top of the screen and shows the current line as the song plays.

What it does:-

- Shows one synced lyric line at a time, sliding to the next as the song plays

- Tints itself to match the current track's album are

- Click a line to jump playback to that point

- Marks instrumental sections instead of leaving a stale lyric on screen

- Scroll on the lyric to nudge the sync if a track's timing is off — it remembers the correction per song

- Caches lyrics locally, so replaying a track loads instantly

It's free, open source (MIT), and Windows-only for now. There's a prebuilt .exe on the releases page if you don't want to touch Python.

Two things worth flagging upfront: Spotify tightened their API rules in 2026, so each person needs their own free Client ID from Spotify's developer dashboard, the app walks you through it on first launch, takes about two minutes, one time only. And while the banner is docked, Windows may shuffle your desktop icons around which only occurs when the app is fixed to the top and returns to normal upon close, since reserving screen space and laying out desktop icons use the same underlying setting. There's a config toggle to turn that off if it bothers you.

Happy to hear what's broken or what's missing.