ktzar / freetar

freetar - an alternative frontend for ultimate-guitar.com

freetar - an alternative frontend for ultimate-guitar.com

This is like Invidious but only for Ultimate Guitar.
Try it out: https://freetar.androidloves.me

Features

• no ads, popups, just a simple design
• search for tabs and view them
• save your favorite chords as favs (everything is stored in session storage, no account needed)
• dark mode
• auto scroll
• useful for printing chords

Future work

• show chords
• improve UX on mobile devices
• on smartphones: prevent lock screen
• share chords (qr code)?
• save favs encrypted server side?

How to use it

You need poetry. Then:

poetry install
poetry run freetar
Visit localhost:22000 in browser

You can also use the PyPi package

pip install freetar

Dev environment

poetry install
vim freetar/*.py
poetry run python freetar/backend.py
# static files: freetar/static/*
# html templates: freetar/templates/*
poetry run freetar