Documentation

Step-by-step guides for importing your library and getting the most out of Fretlist.

Getting started

How to install the Fretlist app

Fretlist isn't in the App Store or Google Play Store. It installs straight from your browser onto an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Mac, or Windows PC, so it lives on your home screen and works offline.

Import

How to migrate from SongbookPro to Fretlist

Move your entire SongbookPro library — songs, setlists, metadata — into Fretlist in minutes. Here's how.

How to migrate from OnSong to Fretlist

A step-by-step guide to exporting your songs and setlists from OnSong and importing them into Fretlist — with everything intact.

How to import songs from Ultimate Guitar into Fretlist

Open the song, press Cmd+A to select the whole page, copy, and paste into Fretlist's import box. That's it — no API, no scraping, no extra tool.

How to import songs from Chordie into Fretlist

Open the song on Chordie, switch to ChordPro view, press Cmd+A to copy, and paste into Fretlist's import box.

Using the editor

Chords over Lyrics

The default editor format. Chord names sit on a line above the words. What Fretlist renders and what it ignores: chords, sections, performance notes, diagrams, and tabs.

ChordPro

The inline editor format. Chords go in square brackets right where they fall in the lyric. What Fretlist renders: inline chords, section directives, notes, diagrams, tabs, and what it skips.

Features

Getting the most out of Frets

Chord diagrams in your song sheets, a section-aware panel in Play Mode, and two ways to change a voicing — one updates the song, one works like a transpose when viewing or playing a song.

Performing with Play Mode

Play Mode is Fretlist's full-screen stage view: a big, distraction-free chord sheet with auto-scroll paced to the song, a metronome, chord diagrams, setlist navigation, keyboard and foot-pedal shortcuts, and the screen kept awake.

Printing and exporting

The Print & Export window: a live page preview, one-click PDF, the browser print dialog, and editable exports (ChordPro, Word, plain text). Plus setlist running orders and chord-sheet booklets.

How to share songs and setlists

Share a song or a whole setlist by link, WhatsApp, or email. Recipients can view, transpose, play, and print it, and import it straight into their own Fretlist.

Organizing songs with folders

Group your songs into folders, move them individually or in bulk, and import directly into a folder. Drag-and-drop on desktop, long-press on mobile.