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- introduce `LyricFlow.Core.Backend` with shared DTOs, rhyme/spellcheck engines, and REST endpoints - wire Python GUI/core to run and call the backend via new bridge/client modules - add backend parity/integration tests and update packaging/ignore settings
LyricFlow IDE
LyricFlow is a Python/PyQt lyric-writing IDE with rhyme analysis powered by NLTK phonetics.
Support Matrix
- Python:
3.14 - Platforms: Windows and Linux (first-class)
Install
cd lyricflow
python -m venv .venv
# Windows
.venv\Scripts\activate
# Linux/macOS
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
requirements.txt now includes shared root requirements via ../requirements-common.txt.
NLTK Data
LyricFlow uses cmudict and wordnet. For predictable startup behavior, the app does not auto-download missing corpora.
Install them once for full rhyme and synonym features:
python -m nltk.downloader cmudict wordnet
Run
python run.py
Tests
python -m unittest discover -s tests -p "test_*.py"