Bleepin' File Thingies

OnSong supports a whole buncha file formats if you wanna export songs & sets. Buckle up, peeps — here's the thrilling list of formats that probably won't break your brain:

Adobe PDF

PDF is literally just digital paper that someone decided to make complicated. OnSong can export a song or a whole bunch of 'em in PDF format. Flip the "As a single file" switch & BOOM — you get one mega document that'll make your printer cry.

OnSong uses whatever page size, orientation, & margins you set up in Squeaky Clean Page Stuff when exporting PDFs. Only text-based chord charts & other PDFs can actually export properly. If you dumped some other random file type in your set, we'll just spit out the song title & call it a day. Songs in PDF format get stacked into the document using whatever page size & margins were chillin' in the original file. Spoiler alert: no annotations or sticky notes allowed — sorry, your brilliant thoughts aren't coming along for the ride.

PDF files flex the .pdf file extension.

OnSong

The OnSong format is basically whatever you typed into Song Editor with zero fancy stuff. Useful if you wanna import into another OnSong version (you hoarder), or save it so you can tinker with it later when you're bored. Plain text, baby — comes with the .onsong file extension.

ChordPro

Export your song using ChordPro syntax & watch the magic happen. You can edit & view this in literally any ChordPro-compatible app (yes, there are apps for this). Text-based glory with a .chopro file extension.

OpenSong

Export your song or set as an OpenSong XML file & pretend you understand what XML means. Works with other OpenSong apps for lyrics projection or if you're really into library management (nerd energy, we salute you). XML-based with a .xml file extension.

HTML File

HTML files go anywhere — web browsers, any platform, literally everywhere. OnSong exports HTML that looks kinda like the chord chart you see in the app. Annotations? Nah, they're not invited. .html file extension, obvi.

Text File

Just the raw, unfiltered song content as a plain text file with chords sittin' on top of the lyrics like they own the place. Plain text, .txt file extension. It's giving "90s vibes."

Song List

Plot twist: this ain't actually a chord chart. It's a list of literally every song in your set (or whatever you picked using Song Picker). HTML table format that's all like "here's your song title, artist, key, & capo" with zero pizzazz.

The song list exports as an HTML file with a table showin' off the song title, artist, current key, & capo. Riveting stuff.

OnSong Archive

Chef's kiss. The OnSong Archive is low-key the most underrated feature ever. It's a secret weapon — binary format that only OnSong can read (sorry, everyone else). But here's the thing: it's got EVERYTHING you need to resurrect your songs & sets in another OnSong app (styles, settings, annotations, external files, the whole enchilada).

The OnSong Archive gets the .onsongarchive file extension & can literally only be opened by OnSong. You've been warned.

OnSong Backup

If you've spent like, forever organizing your song library in OnSong, backing it up is NOT optional — it's survival. The OnSong Backup format always saves one file & always includes literally everything needed to restore your entire OnSong library back to its original glory. We're talkin' user prefs, settings, songs, sets, styles, books — the whole vibe.

The OnSong Backup format gets the .backup file extension & is basically your safety net against crying into your pillow.