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Guitoro
A free browser guitar (acoustic, classic, electric, bass) you strum with the keyboard or by touch, with chords, songs, a backing band and a tuner.
guitoro.com/Active
Show HN 2026-10-13 (573 points); the maker pushed fixes during the thread; site footer © 2026. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Music-making software
Where it stands apart
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (5% of 19 others)
- Does it recreate real instruments or classic hardware? yes, it recreates real instruments, named machines, or chips (16% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (84% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (95% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (68% of 19 others)
- Does the product itself use AI or machine learning? (if both, pick the LLM or agent option) no (72% of 18 others)
- What does it cost the person using it? free, nothing paid (53% of 19 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- How does it use MIDI?
Nearest neighbors
- Jamfetti 71% of 14 shared answers match
- Gasfree 64% of 14 shared answers match
- Digitron 57% of 14 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active Maker said in the HN thread 'I just pushed an update fixing this issue' and plans lessons, songs and ukulele. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source No source or licence published. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Solo maker (gloja) built it to play chords away from their guitar; free, no ads or paid tier seen. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart no, it needs the maker's servers Hosted web app; sound and recordings stay in the browser, but there is no download to run it elsewhere. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account 'No download and no sign-up.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) Own browser instrument. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does the main version run? | in a web browser | source 2026-10-26 |
| How do you mainly use it to make or shape sound? | play it live, like an instrument | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it use MIDI? | Not documented A commenter asked about MIDI; no answer and nothing on the site. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the product itself use AI or machine learning? (if both, pick the LLM or agent option) | no Recorded samples; no AI features described. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it cost the person using it? | free, nothing paid | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you take your music out of it as a file other tools can open? | yes, audio only Record takes up to 10 minutes and save as WAV or a compressed file. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How much musical experience does it assume? | some: hobbyists and learners Shows chords, strings and strums; aimed at people learning or away from their guitar. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it recreate real instruments or classic hardware? | stands apart yes, it recreates real instruments, named machines, or chips Sampled acoustic, classical, electric and bass guitars. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077020 · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · guitoro.com/ · read 2026-10-25
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