# Better Lyrics Shaders

> Add beautiful gradient effects to YouTube Music

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-lyrics-shaders](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-lyrics-shaders)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-lyrics-shaders`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Boidushya
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 382
- **Weekly downloads:** 40
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2026-01-08
- **Size:** 252 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-lyrics-shaders/)
- **Website:** [https://better-lyrics.boidu.dev](https://better-lyrics.boidu.dev/)

## Description

Add beautiful, customizable visual effects to YouTube Music.
<ul><li>Beautiful gradient effects: Add stunning animated gradients that match your album art.</li><li>Audio responsive: Watch the visuals react to your music's beat in real-time.</li><li>Animated Album Art: Displays animated album artwork (video loops) when available</li><li>Kawarp: Dreamy warped blur effect - lightweight and buttery smooth</li><li>Highly customizable: Fine-tune blur intensity, animation speed, saturation, dithering, and more.</li><li>Works everywhere: Gradients appear on the player page, homepage, and search results.</li><li>Battery friendly: Shader effects pause when not visible along with multiple other optimizations throughout!</li></ul>
Note: Requires <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/better-lyrics/" rel="nofollow">Better Lyrics</a> extension for best experience! 

Usage
- Navigate to YouTube Music (<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/50567f20e9b53abf571ae62670aeac53ad698fc4c124b44bd343c2123c3274b8/https%3A//music.youtube.com" rel="nofollow">https://music.youtube.com</a>)
- Go to any song's player page (the extension activates on lyrics and player pages)
- The extension should work automatically as intended (considering you have Better Lyrics installed)
- Click the Better Lyrics Shaders icon in toolbar to open settings

<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/88b326caf3155ff3b78b368aea93803f8cdb4218b021e1a84ea2f7b3220534bc/https%3A//github.com/better-lyrics/shaders" rel="nofollow">Github</a>

## Rankings

- #5,857 — Overall
- #68 — effect
- #137 — beta
- #204 — album
- #214 — music

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `https://music.youtube.com/*`
- `https://i.ytimg.com/*`
- `https://*.googleusercontent.com/*`
- `https://artwork.boidu.dev/*`

### Content script matches

- `music.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, ytimg.com, googleusercontent.com, boidu.dev
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-lyrics-shaders)