About Freetar
Freetar is a free, open-source alternative frontend to Ultimate Guitar that provides a clean, ad-free experience for viewing guitar chords and tabs.
Built with modern web technologies, Freetar scrapes and displays chord charts and tablature from Ultimate Guitar in a simple, distraction-free interface. No account required, no ads, no paywalls—just pure guitar learning.
Features
Search Tabs
Find guitar chords and tabs from Ultimate Guitar
Clean Interface
Ad-free, distraction-free experience
Auto-scroll
Hands-free reading while you play
Transpose
Change chords to any key instantly
Save Favorites
Store locally, no account needed
Dark Mode
Easy on the eyes, day or night
Export ChordPro
Download tabs in ChordPro format
Print-Friendly
Optimized for printing chord sheets
Adjustable Font Size
Customize text size for comfortable reading
How It Works
Search for a song
Use the search bar to find any song, artist, or chord chart. Results are fetched from Ultimate Guitar's extensive database.
Choose a tab
Browse through different versions (chords, tabs, bass tabs) and ratings. Filter by type and sort by popularity.
Play along
View chord diagrams, transpose to your preferred key, enable auto-scroll, and save favorites for later practice sessions.
Privacy & Security
Your privacy matters
All favorites and preferences are stored locally in your browser using localStorage. No user data is collected, tracked, or sent to any server.
No tracking: We don't use analytics, cookies, or any tracking tools.
No accounts: Your favorites are yours alone, stored only on your device.
No ads: Completely ad-free experience with no third-party scripts.
Open source: The entire codebase is publicly available for review.
Open Source
Freetar is built with modern web technologies and is 100% open source under the MIT License. The entire project is available on GitHub for anyone to review, use, or contribute to.
Technology Stack:
- Next.js 14 - React framework with App Router
- TypeScript - Type-safe development
- Tailwind CSS + DaisyUI - Modern utility-first styling
- Cheerio - Server-side HTML parsing for web scraping
- React Icons - Beautiful icon library
Built by guitarists, for guitarists. Contributions and feedback are always welcome!
Credits & Legal
All chord and tab data is provided by Ultimate Guitar and their community of contributors. We are grateful for their extensive database of user-submitted content.
Important Notice
This project is an independent, open-source alternative frontend and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Ultimate Guitar in any way. All content is accessed from publicly available sources on their website.
Freetar acts as a web scraper and proxy to provide a cleaner interface for accessing Ultimate Guitar's content. If you appreciate the tabs, please consider supporting the original creators and Ultimate Guitar directly.