Fretboard Changelog

What's new in Fretboard 6.1

Apr 6, 2024
  • This update improves the translations of Fretboard into other languages.

New in Fretboard 6.0 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • GNOME 46 is here! Let’s celebrate:
  • An upgraded base taking advantage of the latest platform improvements
  • French translations, making Fretboard available in 17 languages

New in Fretboard 5.4 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • This is a minor release with a few tweaks and improvements, notably:
  • More intelligent chord recognition, so the app can identify a broader set of patterns
  • Updated translations

New in Fretboard 5.3 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • This update improves the translations of Fretboard into other languages.

New in Fretboard 5.2 (Jan 8, 2024)

  • This update improves the translations of Fretboard into other languages.

New in Fretboard 5.1 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • Further accessibility enhancements
  • Some thin spaces added into chord names where appropriate, to increase readability
  • Protection against a common misconfiguration that tends to break apps, the GTK_THEME development variable
  • Hebrew translations, making Fretboard available in a total of 14 languages

New in Fretboard 5.0 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • An enharmonic indicator that lets you see when chords have more than one possible name
  • Automatic chord name formatting, turning your sloppily typed “bb maj7” into a beautiful “B♭maj7”
  • More consistent keyboard shortcuts
  • Enhanced accessibility for screen readers
  • German and Swedish translations, making Fretboard available in a total of 13 languages

New in Fretboard 4.1 (Oct 18, 2023)

  • This is a minor release with a few improvements:
  • Correct margins when using the large text accessibility option
  • Finnish and Basque translations, making Fretboard available in a total of 11 languages
  • If you would like to come with suggestions, report bugs, translate the app, or contribute otherwise, feel free to reach out!

New in Fretboard 4.0 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • This release of Fretboard makes it more accessible:
  • Support for both left-handed and right-handed guitar types
  • Independence from text direction for the chord diagram, fixing the mirroring issue it had with right-to-left languages
  • Turkish, Spanish, Norwegian, Portugese and Brazillian Portugese translations, making Fretboard available in a total of 9 languages

New in Fretboard 3.0 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • GNOME 45 is finally here! To celebrate, Fretboard has gained the following improvements:
  • Refined visuals taking advantage of the latest platform features
  • Keyboard shortcuts for common actions
  • Italian, Russian, and Dutch translations, making Fretboard available in a total of 4 different languages
  • If you would like to come with suggestions, report bugs, translate the app, or contribute otherwise, feel free to reach out!

New in Fretboard 2.0 (Sep 1, 2023)

  • This major release of Fretboard brings a bunch of exciting improvements:
  • View different ways to play the same chord, to find the one that suits your situation the best
  • Bookmark chords to save them for a later practice session or gig
  • An additional fret in the chord diagram, to help you practice those really tricky positionings
  • Hover over positions in the chord diagram to see their respective note names
  • Smarter and more precise chord detection
  • If you would like to come with suggestions, report bugs, translate the app, or contribute otherwise, feel free to reach out!

New in Fretboard 1.0 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • Initial release.