LinerFM puts your music all over your desktop, on Mac and Windows: live lyrics, a widget that matches every album, and AI playlists made of real tracks. On the Mac you also get a player in the notch and a screensaver. Your listening data stays on your computer.
No card for the trial · Mac & Windows · No account · No telemetry
New in 1.0.0
Your wallpaper becomes the song: the artwork, the Spotify Canvas or the YouTube video plays under your icons, on every display. Add a player bar, a Cover Flow of recent albums and an up next list, and an edge light that can follow the beat. Turned on from the widget menu.
Mac only for now
New in 1.0.0
LinerFM runs on Windows 10 and 11: the widget, search, lyrics across the top of the screen, AI playlists, your stats and Last.fm, with Spotify. Updates install on their own, like on the Mac.
The notch, the screensaver and the live desktop stay Mac only for now.
A thin strip on the left edge of the screen that opens when your mouse touches it: artwork, controls, synced lyrics and the queue. Turned on from Settings.
Two new looks for the notch, the volume HUD, karaoke, the screensaver and the side view, chosen once in Settings.
Press Tab to filter by songs, artists, albums or playlists, find your recent searches, see the best match up top and preview it before you play.
Play SoundCloud in Chrome, from a track, a playlist or a Mix, and LinerFM follows it with sharp artwork and play, pause and skip.
On your screen, under your fingers, in your playlists.
1 On your screen
Hover the notch for the track, the controls and a seek bar you can drag. Right under it, the lyrics follow the song line by line, in four styles.
⇧⌘T toggles the lyrics
1 On your screen
The desktop widget re-colors itself from each cover as the tracks change. Pick a look, from Glass to Cinematic, or turn it into a terminal you drive with typed commands.
Dynamic color is one switch in Settings
1 On your screen
Full screen artwork, controls and lyrics, on every display you have connected. It starts when the Mac goes idle, and any key or click brings you back.
⇧⌘S starts it now
2 Control
A Spotlight-style search for songs, albums, artists and playlists. Spotify never comes to the front, so you stay in what you were doing.
Shortcuts are yours to remap
3 Playlists
The AI picks real tracks and checks each one against your music source before you save. Tick the ones you want, name it, one click creates it.
Runs on your own free Groq key
3 Playlists
LinerFM counts every play and every skip on your computer. It suggests what to remove from a playlist, shows the numbers behind each song, and leaves recent additions alone.
Counted on your computer, no account needed
Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music. Pick your source once and the whole app follows it.
No account, no telemetry, no server. Your listening history never leaves your computer.
10€, no subscription. Try every feature free for 5 days first, no card needed.
The details that make it feel like it belongs on your desktop.
Duplicate the widget, choose screensaver displays, and toggle each screen's notch independently.
A custom volume overlay themed after the album art, replacing the macOS one.
Play a YouTube link in a floating LinerFM window, or leave it in your browser. Either way the widget, the notch and the lyrics follow along.
Search, playlists, likes, Discover and the AI tools all work on YouTube Music, not only Spotify. Pick the source once and the whole app follows it.
Show what you are listening to on your Discord profile. One toggle, on by default.
Describe the mood you want and LinerFM finds real playlists that match, then pulls the tracks into yours.
Tap play on any result for a 30 second taste. Whatever you were listening to pauses, then picks back up where it left off.
Local AI learns what you skip and keeps your playlists in shape.
No account, no telemetry, no server. Your listening data never leaves your Mac.
Hours played, top artists and tracks, the times of day you press play, and what you have quietly cooled off on. Save a card you can post.
Four steps that check every key and connection while you paste them, so nothing fails silently a week later.
Move the music to a phone, a speaker or another Mac from the widget, and see what plays next in the queue.
Everything you play lands on your Last.fm profile, with an offline queue that catches up on its own.
Remap every global shortcut, or drive LinerFM from a script with linerfm:// links.
What is playing, next to the menu bar icon. Trimmed to fit, and it never scrolls.
A glass sidebar, a library of covers, and Settings in panes like System Settings.
LinerFM checks for new versions on its own and tells you in the menu bar and in Settings.
The main window adapts from a small window to a very large display: the action bar stays in place and long titles wrap instead of being cut.
Pick Cinematic and the windows fill with the colors of the track; pick Terminal and they turn into a monospaced console, like the widget.
A large now playing panel in the sidebar, Settings on a single page, and every screen laid out to fill the window instead of leaving empty space.
5-day free trial, no card needed. After the trial a license is required: there is no limited free tier.
Free 5-day trial. Native builds for macOS 11+ (choose your Mac's chip) and for Windows 10 and 11.
Not sure? Apple menu → About This Mac. "Apple M1/M2/M3…" = Apple Silicon, "Intel" = Intel.
LinerFM isn't notarized yet (coming soon). On first open you'll need to allow it:
1. Open the .dmg and drag LinerFM to Applications.
2. First launch shows a security warning. That's expected: the app isn't notarized yet.
3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → click "Open Anyway".
Prefer the terminal? Run:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LinerFM.app The installer isn't code signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say it protected your PC. Click "More info", then "Run anyway". It installs for your user only, no admin rights needed.
LinerFM for Windows: the widget, search, lyrics, AI and stats, with Spotify. The notch, the screensaver and the live desktop are Mac only for now.
No. Since 0.9.0 YouTube Music is a full source: search, your playlists, your likes and the AI tools all work there. Apple Music is followed on the widget, the notch and the tray. Pick the source you already use.
You sign in to YouTube Music in Chrome, and LinerFM uses that session. Nothing to paste, no key to create. If you sign out of Chrome, LinerFM loses access too.
Only if you use Spotify as your source and want the full live-apply experience with your own key. You can also use the data-import and copy-to-clipboard modes without it.
LinerFM runs entirely on your computer and uses your own keys and your own sessions. It is not affiliated with Spotify, Apple or YouTube, and stores nothing on any server.
The app isn't notarized by Apple yet (it's a solo project). It's signed ad-hoc; see the install steps above. Notarization is planned.
There's a full-featured 5-day free trial, no card needed. After it ends, a license is required to keep using LinerFM. There's no limited free tier, and reinstalling doesn't reset the trial.
There's a free trial, so purchases are final, except for genuine edge cases (double purchase, app won't start on your computer), handled case by case.
Nowhere. No account, no telemetry. Your listening data and keys stay on your computer.
Macs with macOS 11 or later, in two native builds (Apple Silicon and Intel), and since 1.0.0 Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). On Windows you get the widget, search, lyrics, AI and stats with Spotify; the notch, the screensaver and the live desktop are Mac only for now.
The installer isn't code signed yet (it's a solo project). Click "More info", then "Run anyway". Updates after that install on their own.
Five days free, every feature included.
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