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TuxGuitar

TuxGuitar is a free and open-source tablature editor.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

TuxGuitar is a music notation program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository, in its Winget manifest and in its Flathub listing: multitrack editing and MIDI support.

File formats mentioned: PDF and GPX.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “TuxGuitar is a free and open-source tablature editor” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “An Open Source multitrack tablature editor and player written in Java.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “In addition, TuxGuitar's tablature and staff interfaces function as basic MIDI editors.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

TuxGuitar is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (LGPL-2.1) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

TuxGuitar is a free and open-source tablature editor, which includes features such as tablature editing, score editing, import of Guitar Pro (gtp, gp3, gp4, gp5, gpx, gp), PowerTab and TablEdit files, export of Guitar pro (gp3, gp4, gp5), Lilypond, pdf, image and audio files. In addition, TuxGuitar's tablature and staff interfaces function as basic MIDI editors. TuxGuitar's mascot and namesake is Tux, the penguin mascot of many games and programs originally designed for Linux. The program is written in the Java programming language and is released under version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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