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Getting Started

Get Tabatura running on your machine in a few simple steps.

Download

Download the latest release for your platform. No installation needed — just open and run.

🍎 macOS .app bundle 🪟 Windows .exe 🐧 Linux tarball

By downloading Tabatura you agree to the terms of use.

Opening a File

  1. Launch Tabatura
  2. Click Open GP File
  3. Select any supported GP file — .gp .gp3 .gp4 .gp5 .gp6 .gp7 .gpx
  4. Song info, tracks, and tablature are rendered instantly

🍎 macOS

Download the .app bundle and drag it to your Applications folder. On first launch, right-click → Open to bypass Gatekeeper.

🪟 Windows

Download and run the .exe. No installation or setup required.

🐧 Linux

Extract the archive, install the required display libraries, then install Tabatura using the included Makefile:

# Extract the archive
mkdir tabatura && tar -xf Tabatura-linux.tar.xz -C tabatura
cd tabatura

# Install required display libraries — Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev

# Install required display libraries — Fedora
sudo dnf install mesa-libGL-devel libXcursor-devel libXrandr-devel

# System-wide install
sudo make install

# Or user-only install (no sudo required)
make user-install

After installing, launch Tabatura from your application menu or by running tabatura in a terminal.