One sky, shared
The layout is canonical: the same star sits in the same place for everyone, so a coordinate is a place you can name, link, and return to. Only the fog over it is yours.
open dumpsMusicBrainz, ListenBrainz, Discogs, Wikidata ↓ similaritycomputed here, from co-listening ↓ layoutone canonical map, versioned ↓ tilesstatic blobs, no database in the way ↓ your fogwhat you have actually heard
A music universe
Every artist a star, every genre a nebula. One canonical sky for everyone, with a personal fog of war over it — and the only way to light up your own is to actually listen.
What lyrid is
Section titled “What lyrid is”Listening is the fuel
A preview is a scan, a full listen is a landing, and your ListenBrainz scrobbles are what light the map. Progress cannot be bought or clicked — only heard.
Two modes, chosen once
Exploration adds fog, a ship, fuel and quests. Creative opens the whole sky from the first minute, as a daily instrument for studying music. Both stay supported forever.
Built from open data
No rate-limited API sits in the critical path. The universe is assembled locally from full dumps, so its growth is bounded by our own pipeline runs and nobody else’s quota.
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- Getting started — run the server, the SPA, and this site locally.
- The sky — what stars, nebulae and fog actually are.
- Data sources — every dump lyrid reads, and the licence it carries.