freetar
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0.21.0
freetar is a self-hosted open-source alternative frontend to Ultimate Guitar that lets users search for and view guitar tabs and chords without ads, popups…1mo agoGPL-3.0DockerEasy
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It's MyTabsIt's MyTabs is a self-hosted, open-source web app for viewing and playing guitar/bass tabs with audio sync from YouTube or local files, like Songsterr but free.
betaninSelf-hosted, open-source bridge between your torrent client and beets music library: it imports completed downloads, tags them and notifies you via apprise.
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TekstoLibreSelf-hosted open-source alternative frontend for Tekstowo.pl with search, lyrics, translations, artist info, comments, videos. Runs via Node.js or Docker on port 7778.
downtifyHost your own music downloader that grabs tracks from Spotify and YouTube Music, tags them automatically, and plays them in a browser-based player with playlist watching.
About these Ultimate Guitar alternatives
1 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Ultimate Guitar are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- freetar (787 GitHub stars, GPL-3.0 license, written in HTML)
- Docker
- 1 of the top 1 ship an official Docker image
- Easiest to set up
- freetar
- Recently updated
- freetar 0.21.0 on 2026-09-25
Ultimate Guitar alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freetar | GPL-3.0 | HTML | 787 | Yes | Easy | 0.21.0 | 48 |