Project Lyricova is a free and open source suite of web apps for lyrics blogging and music management focused on Vocaloid* contents.

Project Lyricova is currently under the progress of a complete rewrite. The rewrite will consist of 2 parts: a jukebox + music library manager and a lyrics blog. The new tech stack is TypeScript + Node.js + MySQL + Express.js + React + Next.js.

For music manangement, this project relies on VocaDB for its database of Vocaloid songs, and allow manual addition of entries that does not fall under VocaDB’s scope.

For the previous version of Project Lyricova last released in 2015, see the v1 branch.

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* The term “Vocaloid” here includes all voice synthesizers, as defined in VocaDB.net.

• jukebox: Music library manager and public jukebox.
• lyricova: Lyrics blog (similar to version 1).
• common: Common code shared between jukebox and lyricova.
• lyrics-kit: Fetch and parse lyrics from various sources.

• Database

  • Setup a MySQL database and import the schema from lyricova-schema.sql.

  • Create a MySQL user and grant it access to the database.

  • Create a Lyricova user in the database as admin. Put password in the format of a bcrypt hash.

    INSERT INTO Users
      (id, username, displayName, password, email, role, provider, provider_id, creationDate, updatedOn, deletionDate)
    VALUES
      (1, 'admin', 'Administrator', '$2a$10$anT02XU53WKpNV3p30nA2.EZ19ucaWys0MRhMjsCGcIYhdeKyJnfe', '[email protected]', 'admin', NULL, NULL, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', '1970-01-01 00:00:00', NULL);

• Music file storage

  • Create a directory for storing music files (defaulted to /var/lyricova/music).

• Environment variables

  • Configure the environment variables in .env file. Refer to .env.sample for examples.

• Node.js

  • Install Node.js and npm.
  • Install dependencies: npm install
  • Build: npm run build --workspace=packages
    • Note, env var DB_URI is required for building.

• Runtime

  • Runtime is supported by Docker.
  • Build the image: docker-compose build
  • Run the container: docker-compose up -d
  • Lyricova blog is listening at port 59742
  • Jukebox is listening at port 58532

The name Lyricova is a made up word from “lyrics” and “voca” (taken from Vocaloid) or “nova” (taking the meaning of new), which signifies a new way of working with Vocaloid lyrics. This project was previously known as Project Gy which is taken from its name in Chinese, Gē-yǔ (歌語). 歌 means songs, and 語 means to express, putting together, Gē-yǔ is making a sense of expressing oneself through songs and lyrics.

• Lyricize, a lyrics and quote collection site written in Django by @outloudvi. Heavily inspired by Project Lyricova (v1).

Project Lyricova: A lyrics blogging and music management suite for Vocaloid
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