Zmareye
Full-stack platform for Ethiopian Orthodox spiritual songs with automated lyrics ingestion pipeline and YouTube audio integration
Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026
- Built by
Dan-Ships
Bloat
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Summary
Zmareye is a live, working mezmur library with 1,500+ songs, categories, artists, YouTube playback and an automated lyrics pipeline, and it's been updated across three months. It has no revenue, no pricing, no own domain and no legal pages yet, so the path to paying users is still unclear and the main edge is the curated data and pipeline.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
There's a real audience need for Orthodox mezmur lyrics and listening in Amharic, but there's no pricing or payment model, and the only monetisation signal is a request for support to buy a domain.
38/100
Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.
Receipts (3)
Describes a real catalogue of 1,500+ mezmurs with categories, artists and English translations aimed at mezmur listeners.
“✨ ዝማሬዬ — Your Mezmur Companion Introducing ዝማሬዬ, a modern mezmur platform built to make discovering, reading, and enjoying Ethiopian Orthodox mezmurs easier than ever. 🎶 1,500+ mezmurs with lyrics 📚 Different categories & artists 🌍 English translations ✨ A unique, beautiful UI designed for an unforgettable experience Whether you're looking for a specific mezmur, exploring a new artist, or si”
In English✨ ዝማሬዬ — Your Mezmur Companion Introducing ዝማሬዬ, a modern mezmur platform built to make discovering, reading, and enjoying Ethiopian Orthodox mezmurs easier than ever. 🎶 1,500+ mezmurs with lyrics 📚 Different categories & artists 🌍 English translations ✨ A unique, beautiful UI designed for an unforgettable experience Whether you're looking for a specific mezmur, exploring a new artist, or si
Post · @danships · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The only money-related ask is for support to get a domain, with no pricing or paid tier.
“you can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships”
In Englishyou can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships
Post · @danships · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The live site shows no pricing, payments or accounts, so there's no way to charge yet.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zmareye.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
The edge is a curated, Amharic-language catalogue and an automated ingestion pipeline, but the builder says a similar project exists and uses the same method, and the audio comes from YouTube, so it could be rebuilt with effort.
30/100
Rubric 21–40The only edge is execution, or being first.
Receipts (3)
The builder says another person's project with about 600 lyrics used the same approach (PDFs, Telegram, YouTube API, Gemini), so the method isn't unique.
“The site I've been making for a long time (ዝማሬዬ) I really gave it too much time, and I've been improving it for months. First when I start making it my I was thinking to make a website for storing and showing orthodox mezmur lyrics only with out audio with manual input (asbut adding a 1000s of lyrics manually is so tiring) then I saw somebody build similar project. His project had around 600 lyric”
In EnglishThe site I've been making for a long time (ዝማሬዬ) I really gave it too much time, and I've been improving it for months. First when I start making it my I was thinking to make a website for storing and showing orthodox mezmur lyrics only with out audio with manual input (asbut adding a 1000s of lyrics manually is so tiring) then I saw somebody build similar project. His project had around 600 lyric
Post · @danships · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The pipeline combines Telegram bots, GitHub Actions and Gemini cleanup, which is real effort that takes time to replicate.
“For the past few months, I've been building Zmareye—a full-stack platform for Ethiopian Orthodox spiritual songs. What started as a simple lyrics website slowly turned into a data pipeline project. The ingestion pipeline automatically collects lyrics from PDFs and Telegram channels. Telegram bots monitor channels for new posts, while GitHub Actions run automated extraction workflows. The extract”
Post · @danships · 17 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The site has Amharic categories, Woreb and Mahlet sections and per-artist collections, which show curation depth.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zmareye.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
It's been worked on across three months with updates in each one, including an architecture rewrite, a UI redesign and a relaunch, and it was still active in early October.
67/100
- Sustained shipping27/60
Worked on across 3 months.
- Consistency40/40
Updates in 3 of 3 months.
Receipts (2)
Earliest post about it.
“For the past few months, I've been building Zmareye—a full-stack platform for Ethiopian Orthodox spiritual songs. What started as a simple lyrics website slowly turned into a data pipeline project. The ingestion pipeline automatically collects lyrics from PDFs and Telegram channels. Telegram bots monitor channels for new posts, while GitHub Actions run automated extraction workflows. The extract”
Post · @danships · 17 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“you can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships”
In Englishyou can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships
Post · @danships · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A real, working product exists: a live site with a large Amharic mezmur catalogue, search, categories, playback, and an automated pipeline that feeds it new content.
84/100
- It's live20/20
https://zmareye.vercel.app/ responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
- Real product35/35
The site is live with a large catalogue, artist and category browsing, search, liked songs, albums, YouTube playback and an educational article, so it's a full working product.
- Own home0/10
Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.
- Maintained15/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-10-06.
- Operations9/15
There's a real backend: an automated ingestion pipeline with Telegram bots, GitHub Actions CI and a moderation flow (accept, edit, reject). But there are no docs, no status page, no API and no accounts visible.
Receipts (5)
https://zmareye.vercel.app/ responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zmareye.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The live page shows artists, categories, albums, liked songs, language filters and a reading section.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zmareye.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Claims 1,500+ mezmurs with lyrics and English translations.
“✨ ዝማሬዬ — Your Mezmur Companion Introducing ዝማሬዬ, a modern mezmur platform built to make discovering, reading, and enjoying Ethiopian Orthodox mezmurs easier than ever. 🎶 1,500+ mezmurs with lyrics 📚 Different categories & artists 🌍 English translations ✨ A unique, beautiful UI designed for an unforgettable experience Whether you're looking for a specific mezmur, exploring a new artist, or si”
In English✨ ዝማሬዬ — Your Mezmur Companion Introducing ዝማሬዬ, a modern mezmur platform built to make discovering, reading, and enjoying Ethiopian Orthodox mezmurs easier than ever. 🎶 1,500+ mezmurs with lyrics 📚 Different categories & artists 🌍 English translations ✨ A unique, beautiful UI designed for an unforgettable experience Whether you're looking for a specific mezmur, exploring a new artist, or si
Post · @danships · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Audio is played on the site via stored YouTube video IDs.
“For the past few months, I've been building Zmareye—a full-stack platform for Ethiopian Orthodox spiritual songs. What started as a simple lyrics website slowly turned into a data pipeline project. The ingestion pipeline automatically collects lyrics from PDFs and Telegram channels. Telegram bots monitor channels for new posts, while GitHub Actions run automated extraction workflows. The extract”
Post · @danships · 17 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Describes Telegram bots, GitHub Actions workflows, Gemini processing and a database.
“For the past few months, I've been building Zmareye—a full-stack platform for Ethiopian Orthodox spiritual songs. What started as a simple lyrics website slowly turned into a data pipeline project. The ingestion pipeline automatically collects lyrics from PDFs and Telegram channels. Telegram bots monitor channels for new posts, while GitHub Actions run automated extraction workflows. The extract”
Post · @danships · 17 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
It's on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, privacy policy, terms or support contact, and the only money ask is for help buying a domain, so there's no sign yet of how it sustains itself. YouTube-sourced audio and scraped lyrics also raise rights questions that aren't addressed.
28/100
- Distribution12/30
A site on a free subdomain.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
No posts mention paying customers or revenue.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support8/8
Posts point users to a support channel.
- Commitment8/20
The builder has kept shipping for three months, rebuilt the architecture and redesigned the UI, but there's no team, roadmap, dedicated community channel or funding.
Receipts (5)
A site on a free subdomain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zmareye.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Asks for support to fund a domain, which isn't revenue.
“you can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships”
In Englishyou can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships
Post · @danships · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Says they've worked on it for months and kept improving it.
“The site I've been making for a long time (ዝማሬዬ) I really gave it too much time, and I've been improving it for months. First when I start making it my I was thinking to make a website for storing and showing orthodox mezmur lyrics only with out audio with manual input (asbut adding a 1000s of lyrics manually is so tiring) then I saw somebody build similar project. His project had around 600 lyric”
In EnglishThe site I've been making for a long time (ዝማሬዬ) I really gave it too much time, and I've been improving it for months. First when I start making it my I was thinking to make a website for storing and showing orthodox mezmur lyrics only with out audio with manual input (asbut adding a 1000s of lyrics manually is so tiring) then I saw somebody build similar project. His project had around 600 lyric
Post · @danships · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Describes a UI update in late August.
“Lately I've been working on Zmareye updating some things starting from UI to a lot other stuffs here is what the current UI looks like (not stolen from spotify) @danships”
Post · @danships · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Still active in October, seeking support for its own domain.
“you can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships”
In Englishyou can click and support ዝማሬዬ to have it's own domain. also giving rank will help, so give rank https://launchpot.space/p/zmareye @danships
Post · @danships · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)