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Original author(s) Stable release 1.4 / December 22, 2016; 3 months ago (2016-12-22) Repository sourceforge.net/projects/tuxguitar/ Written in Java, Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) Operating system | ||
TuxGuitar is a free, 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. In addition, TuxGuitar's tablature and staff interfaces function as basic MIDI editors.
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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.
TuxGuitar 1.2 was released in 2009. Its source code was steadily updated through 2015 culminating in a release of version 1.3.0 in January 2016.
Skins
TuxGuitar offers a set of three default skins that its users can choose from. These are:
TuxGuitar also supports custom skins. The default skin for version 1.0 is Lavender.
Reception
As of May 2014, TuxGuitar had 4/5 stars in the CNET user ratings. During the same time, TuxGuitar had 3.4/5 stars in the Softpedia user ratings. As of August 2016 the program has 4.7/5 stars on SourceForge. Reviewers at Software Informer gave version 1.0 of TuxGuitar 5/5 stars, praising the "very easy to use interface" and "very advanced functions" of the program.