Ecosystem
After continuous development, AMLL has built an open-source ecosystem around word-by-word lyrics, including lyric databases, editors, and music players.
First-party Ecosystem
Section titled “First-party Ecosystem”First-party projects are repositories under the amll-dev GitHub organization. Content and docs for each project are maintained independently. Please report issues in the corresponding repository.
AMLL TTML Database
Section titled “AMLL TTML Database”AMLL TTML Database is a high-quality open word-by-word lyrics database. Lyrics are community-contributed and reviewed, and published under CC0-1.0.
If you are building a player, you can use it as your lyric source. You can also contribute lyrics back to the database. For submission and usage details, see its repository wiki.
AMLL TTML Tool
Section titled “AMLL TTML Tool”AMLL TTML Tool is a React-based word-by-word lyrics editor with lyric editing and timing capabilities. Most lyrics in the database were created using this tool.
It is deployed at https://tool.amll.dev/ and can be used directly.
AMLL Editor
Section titled “AMLL Editor”AMLL Editor is a next-generation Vue-based word-by-word lyrics editor, currently in early development. Compared with AMLL TTML Tool, it introduces additional conveniences such as find and replace.
It is deployed at https://editor.amll.dev/ and can be used directly. Documentation is available in its repository wiki.
AMLL Player
Section titled “AMLL Player”AMLL Player is a music player built on AMLL. It can be used as a local music player, or together with WS protocol to integrate with other music software.
Recommended Third-party Projects
Section titled “Recommended Third-party Projects”Here are selected third-party applications integrating AMLL. Because of GPL copyleft, these projects are also open-source under GPL and available for free use. We also maintain a GitHub discussion.
SPlayer
Section titled “SPlayer”SPlayer is a third-party NetEase Cloud Music client built with Vue.
History
Section titled “History”AMLL was born in December 2022, initially as a BetterNCM plugin for NetEase Cloud Music PC client to enhance lyric UI.
In July 2023, AMLL released its first npm package @applemusic-like-lyrics/core@0.0.1.
Due to multiple client limitations and performance issues in NetEase Cloud Music, AMLL Player development started in August 2023. It communicates with clients through a WebSocket-based protocol and moved lyric rendering into an independent application.
In February 2024, the plugin released its final version v3.1.0, ending plugin-mode development and maintenance. Later, plugin UI parts were reorganized into reusable component libraries.
In September 2024, components from the original plugin were released as @applemusic-like-lyrics/react-full@0.2.0-alpha.0.
In April 2026, AMLL Player was split out from the main repository into an independent repository, and an automated release workflow was introduced. Through GitHub Actions, the first provenance package @applemusic-like-lyrics/core@0.3.0 was published.
AMLL is still under active development. Contributions are welcome. See Contributing.