Synced lyrics live in your notch
Watch the current line of your song scroll right under the notch, perfectly timed to the music. Notchy works with Apple Music, Spotify and any Now Playing source on macOS — no sign-in.
Timed to the beat
These aren't static lyrics in a window — Notchy advances each line to match the playback position, so the words under the notch are exactly what's playing right now.
Any player, one place
Apple Music, Spotify, a YouTube tab — if macOS reports it as Now Playing, Notchy follows along. Switch apps and the lyrics follow your music automatically.
Out of the way until you want it
Lyrics live in the notch by default, with an optional movable desktop panel since 1.0.201. They only appear when synced words exist, and the ticker only runs while something's on screen — so it costs nothing the rest of the time.
Keyless lyrics
Powered by the free, community-run LRCLIB database. No API key, no account — just press play and the words show up.
Everything Notchy does, in one app
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
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- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Custom islands through the local developer API (off by default)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Camera Guard — alert (or block) when any app opens your camera
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 134 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple silicon
Mac Lyrics — FAQ
Can I show lyrics in a floating window on the desktop?
Yes, since Notchy 1.0.201. Turn on Desktop Lyrics in Settings → Now Playing for synced lyrics in a movable floating panel. It hides while music is paused, the Mac is locked or asleep, or the screen is being mirrored or recorded, and it can be made click-through. It starts off.
Can Notchy show lyric translations?
Since 1.0.201, Provider Lyric Translations shows each original line with the translation the lyrics provider supplies, when one exists. It uses supplied translations only and never sends lyrics to an AI service.
What if LRCLIB doesn't have the song?
From 1.0.201 you can turn on Additional Lyrics Provider to try NetEase's public lyrics before LRCLIB — useful for Chinese, Japanese and Korean music. Only the title and artist are sent, only lyrics that match the recording are accepted, and availability varies by region.
Does this show synced lyrics for Apple Music and Spotify?
Yes. Notchy reads whatever your Mac reports as Now Playing — Apple Music, Spotify, browser players and more — then fetches time-synced lyrics and scrolls the current line under the notch as the song plays.
Where do the lyrics come from?
Notchy pulls time-synced lyrics from LRCLIB, a free, community-run, keyless lyrics database. There’s no account to make and no API key to paste — it just works.
What if a song has no lyrics?
If LRCLIB has no synced lyrics for the track, Notchy stays silent and simply shows the regular Now Playing pill. No empty box, no error — it only appears when there’s something to show.
Is the Mac lyrics feature a paid extra?
No. Synced lyrics are part of Notchy’s notch app, alongside Now Playing controls, the clipboard manager, drop shelf and the rest of the feature set.