OpenSong

OpenSong is a program designed to help you seamlessly manage song-related information, such as lyrics, chords and lead sheets. It addresses users with some minimal background in such apps.

The interface of OpenSong is plain and simple. You can create a new project from scratch or select a sample provided by the tool.

It is possible to write titles, subtitles, names and notes, insert as many slides as you want, use transitions, organize folders, as well as to import songs and apply themes. You can toggle between song mode (to edit songs) and set mode (to edit sets).

More experienced users are free to tinker with song properties when it comes to the key, time signature, tempo, key line and custom files to be used by third-party applications.

You can view a song activity log, use a search function, configure presentation settings (e.g. default slide style and logo, transitions, borders, snapshots), as well as install OpenSong modules (XMM format). Plenty of general options can be modified, and they refer to the UI language, fonts, initial window (songs or sets), the documents folder, log level, proxy and image quality, among others.

OpenSong requires a moderate-to-high quantity of CPU and system memory, is very responsive to key strokes and mouse events, and includes a thorough help file. We have not come across any issues during our evaluation, since the app did not freeze, crash or alert us of any errors. On the downside, the UI is not very intuitive; OpenSong is primarily oriented towards advanced users.