Best Open Source Alternatives to Guitar Pro

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to Guitar Pro — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated August 2026 · 1 alternatives

Guitar Pro

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Platformsdesktop, windows, macos

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Guitar Pro alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to Guitar Pro, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
TuxGuitar	0	LGPL-2.1	Linux	No	—	Visit

Top open-source Guitar Pro alternatives

TuxGuitar0LGPL-2.1

TuxGuitar is a free and open-source tablature editor

Linux

a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed LGPL-2.1.