a tiny floating overlay that sings along with spotify and apple music. per-word karaoke wipe. six themes. no login.
install karacookie.command in your downloadskaracookie is unsigned. that means apple's $99/year "developer id" certificate hasn't been bought to vouch for it.
when you double-click install karacookie.command, macos shows a dialog because any file downloaded from the internet without that certificate triggers a check — even files from huge open source projects, until they pay apple too.
your one click on open tells macos "i downloaded this on purpose, i trust the source." after that, no more dialogs, ever.
the app's full source code is on github. you can read every line. you can build it yourself with make run. nothing is hidden.
if karacookie grows enough that the $99/yr is justified, we'll sign it and this dialog disappears. until then — thanks for clicking open. 🍪
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Karacookie.app after, or system settings → privacy → "open anyway".
git clone https://github.com/rahuldotbiz/karacookie && cd karacookie && make run no. free and open source under mit. lyrics come from lrclib, also free.
no. karacookie reads the playing track via applescript — works on free too.
just reading name, artist, album, position. karacookie never plays, pauses, or skips.
yes. the bar joins all spaces and floats above fullscreen apps as an auxiliary window.
one https request per track to lrclib + one to open.spotify.com/oembed. no tracking, no analytics, no account.
wip. winui 3 + smtc. watch the repo or open an issue if you want to beta-test.
free. open source. macos 14+.
deeper reads on spotify lyrics on mac — fixes, comparisons, and how karacookie stacks up against the alternatives.