TuxGuitar
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TuxGuitar is a free and open-source tablature editor, which includes features such as tablature editing, score editing, and import and export of Guitar Pro gp3, gp4, and gp5 files.[3] In addition, TuxGuitar's tablature and staff interfaces function as basic MIDI editors.
Original author(s) | Julian Gabriel Casadesus and others[1] |
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Stable release | |
Repository | github |
Written in | Java, Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) |
Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, FreeBSD |
Available in | English, French |
Type | Tablature editor, Scorewriter |
License | LGPL-2.1-only |
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[4] and is released under the LGPL-2.1-only license.
Originally developed on SourceForge, development moved to GitHub on 30 March 2023[5] after the TuxGuitar websites had disappeared and the original author stopped responding. The 1.6.0 release was the first release done by the development team on GitHub.[6]