diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/package.nix
index 12c94f8cce5f..0fdc42ec23dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/package.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 {
-  dbus,
-  openssl,
-  gtk3,
-  webkitgtk_4_1,
-  pkg-config,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  buildNpmPackage,
-  rustPlatform,
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  copyDesktopItems,
-  makeDesktopItem,
+  rustPlatform,
+
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchNpmDeps,
+
+  cargo-tauri,
+  makeBinaryWrapper,
+  nodejs,
+  npmHooks,
+  pkg-config,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
+
   alsa-lib,
+  openssl,
+  webkitgtk_4_1,
+
   nix-update-script,
 }:
+
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "lrcget";
   version = "0.9.3";
@@ -22,85 +27,70 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tranxuanthang";
     repo = "lrcget";
-    rev = "${version}";
+    tag = version;
     hash = "sha256-3dBjQ1fO1q8JCQFvvV8LWBCD8cKFkFmm8ufC/Xihmj4=";
   };
 
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/src-tauri";
+  patches = [
+    # needed to not attempt codesigning on darwin
+    ./remove-signing-identity.patch
+  ];
+
+  cargoRoot = "src-tauri";
+  buildAndTestSubdir = "src-tauri";
 
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
   cargoHash = "sha256-Nu1N96OrLG/D2/1vbU229jLVNZuKIiCSwDJA25hlqFM=";
 
-  frontend = buildNpmPackage {
-    inherit version src;
-    pname = "lrcget-ui";
-    # FIXME: This is a workaround, because we have a git dependency node_modules/lrc-kit contains install scripts
-    # but has no lockfile, which is something that will probably break.
-    forceGitDeps = true;
-    distPhase = "true";
-    dontInstall = true;
-    # To fix `npm ERR! Your cache folder contains root-owned files`
-    makeCacheWritable = true;
+  # FIXME: This is a workaround, because we have a git dependency node_modules/lrc-kit contains install scripts
+  # but has no lockfile, which is something that will probably break.
+  forceGitDeps = true;
 
-    npmDepsHash = "sha256-N48+C3NNPYg/rOpnRNmkZfZU/ZHp8imrG/tiDaMGsCE=";
-
-    postBuild = ''
-      cp -r dist/ $out
-    '';
+  npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
+    name = "lrcget-${version}-npm-deps";
+    inherit src forceGitDeps;
+    hash = "sha256-N48+C3NNPYg/rOpnRNmkZfZU/ZHp8imrG/tiDaMGsCE=";
   };
 
-  # copy the frontend static resources to final build directory
-  # Also modify tauri.conf.json so that it expects the resources at the new location
-  postPatch = ''
-    cp -r $frontend ./frontend
-
-    substituteInPlace tauri.conf.json \
-      --replace-fail '"frontendDist": "../dist"' '"frontendDist": "./frontend"'
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-    copyDesktopItems
-    rustPlatform.bindgenHook
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs =
+  nativeBuildInputs =
     [
-      dbus
-      openssl
-      gtk3
+      cargo-tauri.hook
+      nodejs
+      npmHooks.npmConfigHook
+      rustPlatform.bindgenHook
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
-      webkitgtk_4_1
-      alsa-lib
+      pkg-config
+      wrapGAppsHook3
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      makeBinaryWrapper
     ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+    alsa-lib
+    openssl
+    webkitgtk_4_1
+  ];
+
+  # To fix `npm ERR! Your cache folder contains root-owned files`
+  makeCacheWritable = true;
+
   # Disable checkPhase, since the project doesn't contain tests
   doCheck = false;
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    install -DT icons/128x128@2x.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/128x128@2/apps/lrcget.png
-    install -DT icons/128x128.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/lrcget.png
-    install -DT icons/32x32.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/lrcget.png
+  # make the binary also runnable from the shell
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    makeWrapper "$out/Applications/LRCGET.app/Contents/MacOS/LRCGET" "$out/bin/LRCGET"
   '';
 
-  # WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE essential in NVIDIA + compositor https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/212064#issuecomment-1400202079
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/lrcget" \
+  preFixup = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(
+      # WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE essential in NVIDIA + compositor https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/212064#issuecomment-1400202079
       --set WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE 1
+    )
   '';
 
-  desktopItems = [
-    (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = "LRCGET";
-      exec = "lrcget";
-      icon = "lrcget";
-      desktopName = "LRCGET";
-      comment = meta.description;
-    })
-  ];
-
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
@@ -112,7 +102,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       anas
       Scrumplex
     ];
-    mainProgram = "lrcget";
+    mainProgram = "LRCGET";
     platforms = with lib.platforms; unix ++ windows;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/remove-signing-identity.patch b/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/remove-signing-identity.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eeb7944546d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lr/lrcget/remove-signing-identity.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+index 92d43e7..6519fd0 100644
+--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
++++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+       "exceptionDomain": "",
+       "frameworks": [],
+       "providerShortName": null,
+-      "signingIdentity": "-"
++      "signingIdentity": null
+     },
+     "resources": [],
+     "shortDescription": "Utility for mass-downloading LRC synced lyrics for your offline music library.",