feathertune: your music, without the weight

The music site you already use, in a light Windows app.

Download for Windows Read the source on GitHub

Windows 10 and 11. About 3 MB, installs without admin, updates itself.

Weighed, not guessed

It uses the WebView2 runtime that already ships with Windows instead of bundling its own Chromium, and does the desktop parts in Rust.

to download and install: 3MB
from click to playing: 2s
of memory while it sits in the tray: 190MB
of one CPU core while a song plays: 4%

Measured on the maintainer’s PC, whole process tree, medians of several runs.How it was measured

It takes the color of the record

The title bar, the mini player and the site take the colors of the cover, once per track. Ambient mode puts the cover, blurred and glowing, behind the page.

Pick a recordLanterns on the Waterby Mira HoltLow Tide Radioby The Quiet EnginesHoney in the Cracksby Saul Ambrose

feathertuneLanterns on the Water Mira HoltLow Tide Radio The Quiet EnginesHoney in the Cracks Saul Ambrose

Up nextLyricsRelated

we let the lanterns go
and watched the river carry them
past the bridge, past the light
little flames on borrowed time
every one a word we never said
floating home without us

static on the low tide station
someone plays our song again
and the harbor hums along
gulls are keeping time tonight
the dial is drifting out to sea
leave it on, leave it on

sun gets in through every crack
honey on the windowsill
slow as Sunday, sweet and still
the kettle sings a half a tone too low
nobody here is in a hurry
let the afternoon run over

1:12 / 3:41Lanterns on the WaterMira HoltLow Tide RadioThe Quiet EnginesHoney in the CracksSaul Ambrose

Lanterns on the Water

Mira Holt

Low Tide Radio

The Quiet Engines

Honey in the Cracks

Saul Ambrose

we let the lanterns go

Mini player, always on top

Lyrics that light up as they’re sung

Time-synced lyrics from four open sources, in the site’s own Lyrics tab.

Word by word: Each word lights up as it is sung. When a source only times whole lines, the words are timed from the song’s own pace.
A translation under each line: Into your Windows language, from the source when it has one.
Floating lyrics: The current line over your desktop, and clicks pass right through it.
Lyric cards: Pick the lines you want, choose a look, then copy or save a picture.

What it will never do

It opens the official site, unmodified. These lines don’t move.

Block, skip or mute ads
Every audio effect steps aside while an ad plays.
See your password
You sign in on the site itself, exactly as in a browser.
Download or record audio
Only numbers like tempo and key are kept, on your PC.
Use private APIs
No stream extraction, no pretending to be another browser.
Send your history anywhere
Listening stats stay on this PC. Last.fm only if you connect it.

Every feature is a switch

Everything starts on and can be turned off in the settings, which show what each one costs. Experimental ones start off. Extensions you write or import yourself get a tab of their own.

Media keys and the Windows media flyoutOn by default
Tray icon that trims memory while hiddenOn by default
Discord status and Last.fm scrobblingOn by default
Equalizer, compressor and visualizerOn by default
Listening stats, kept on this PCOn by default
Game mode: one click turns off the costliest featuresOn by default
Crossfade and hand-made mixesExperimental
Phone remote, end-to-end encryptedExperimental

Install it in a minute

Download
Get the installer from the latest release.
Run it
It installs for your user only, no admin. New versions install themselves.
Sign in on the site
Inside the app, like in any browser. Your sign-in stays on your PC.

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Android phone remote (experimental): the APK is attached to the releases.

Your music, without the weight.

Weighed, not guessed

It takes the color of the record

Lyrics that light up as they’re sung

What it will never do

Block, skip or mute ads

See your password

Download or record audio

Use private APIs

Send your history anywhere

Every feature is a switch

Install it in a minute

Download

Run it

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