Lyrics.ovh
Plain-text song lyrics by artist and title. A community hobby project that exists because licensed APIs like Genius return only snippets — useful for prototypes, but treat availability and licensing as fragile.
Status
🟢 Online · 901 ms
🟢 Online · 901 ms
30-day uptime
100%
100%
Free tier
Unlimited, no key; unofficial hobby project with no SLA
Unlimited, no key; unofficial hobby project with no SLA
Auth
No key required
No key required
Free alternatives (live ranking)
- Deezer API — 🟢 Online · No key for public catalog data; OAuth only for user data
- iTunes Search API — 🟢 Online · No key, approximately 20 calls/minute, no credit card
- MusicBrainz — 🟢 Online · No key, 1 request/second, requires an identifying User-Agent
Compare Lyrics.ovh with…
- Lyrics.ovh vs Deezer API — No key for public catalog data; OAuth only for user data
- Lyrics.ovh vs iTunes Search API — No key, approximately 20 calls/minute, no credit card
- Lyrics.ovh vs MusicBrainz — No key, 1 request/second, requires an identifying User-Agent
Paid alternatives
- Musixmatch — free tier 2,000/day, paid from $79/mo
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Lyrics.ovh require an API key?
No, Lyrics.ovh is freely accessible without registration or an API key.
What is Lyrics.ovh's free tier?
Unlimited, no key; unofficial hobby project with no SLA
Is Lyrics.ovh currently online?
We check Lyrics.ovh every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above.
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