Download the DMG
Grab Lychee and open the downloaded file.
Lyrics in menu bar
No login/sign up required. Install and vibe.
Works with:
How to install
Move it to Applications
Drag Lychee into your Applications folder.
Approve it once
If macOS blocks it, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
What makes Lychee special?
Local lyrics cache
Lychee stores lyrics locally as you listen, so there's zero loading time the next time you play the same song.
Mini player.
Click the menu bar for album art, progress, playback controls, and lyric options.
Make it yours
Adjust menu bar width, text size, gap style, and theme from settings.
No noise
No dock icon. Lychee lives quietly in your menu bar. Automatically detects when music stops playing and compacts to icon-only.
FAQs
Lychee is a free macOS menu bar lyrics app for Spotify and Apple Music. It shows synced lyrics in your menu bar and includes a mini player.
You can cycle through all the lyrics Lychee found. When you find the right match, save it. Lychee will remember your choice for that song.
Lychee searches LRCLIB's open-source lyrics library. If nothing shows up, LRCLIB might not have synced or plain lyrics for that song yet.