Three ways to see it
A clean 2D staff for reading, a vertical highway for timing, and a 3D fretboard worth sharing — the same tab through three lenses.
tabula rasa · the blank slate
A messy tab in.
A clean, playable one out.
Paste a cryptic ASCII tab or upload a Guitar Pro file. TabRasa renders it clearly, plays it back at any speed with a moving cursor and metronome, and explains every symbol as you go. No account needed.
Free and open source. Runs entirely in your browser.
Everything a beginner needs
Render it, slow it down, and understand the notation — all without leaving the page.
Learn as you play
Hold Shift and hover any symbol for a plain-language explanation. Built for the moment right before fluency — no leaving the tab to look things up.
Practice your way
Slow it from 25% to 150% with no pitch change, set a metronome and count-in, loop any section, and click anywhere on the tab to play from there.
Any tab, made playable
Paste ASCII or alphaTex, or upload a Guitar Pro file — preview it, then shift the octave, pick the guitar sound, or “Easy-fy” it to a simpler fretboard position. Everything stays in your browser.
Install · offline
Install it. Use it offline.
TabRasa is a Progressive Web App. Add it to your device and it opens in its own window and runs with no internet connection — rendering, playback, the SoundFont, and your saved tabs all live on your machine. No app store, no account.
Open the Studio
Then install it using the steps for your browser below.
Chrome or Edge (desktop)
Open TabRasa, then click the install icon in the address bar (a monitor with a down arrow), or open the browser menu and choose Install TabRasa…. It opens in its own window from then on.
Android (Chrome)
Open TabRasa, tap the browser menu (three dots), then Add to Home screen → Install. Launch it from your home screen like any app.
iPhone or iPad (Safari)
iOS has no install button, so add it by hand: open TabRasa in Safari, tap the Share button, scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
Does offline really work?
Yes. Visit once while online so the app caches itself, then it loads with no connection — including audio. Your tabs are stored locally in your browser, never on a server (the free and self-host tiers have no backend at all).
Open source
Run it yourself
TabRasa Studio is MIT-licensed. Clone the repo, run it locally, deploy it however you want. No backend is required for the core features.