RoyalGuitar brings audio, video, image, and guitar-focused tools together in a single native Mac app. No subscriptions, no cloud — it all runs on your machine.
Version 1.1 · Updated June 2026
Roughly 36 tools across media and music, organized so you find what you need fast.
Edit, resize, convert, compress, and strip metadata. Batch it all when you're moving fast.
Play, trim, convert, compress, resize, and watermark — without firing up a heavyweight editor.
Trim, convert, extract, merge, and analyze. Pull clean audio out of anything.
Practice-focused tools built for players — the part that makes RoyalGuitar, well, RoyalGuitar.
A quick look at what RoyalGuitar actually does, because “media tools” sounds useful but also suspiciously vague.
Edit, resize, convert, compress, colorize, and clean up image files.
Click to view tools Tools shownTrim, convert, compress, resize, watermark, and export video faster.
Click to view tools Tools shownConvert, extract, merge, enhance, and analyze audio without opening three apps.
Click to view tools Tools shownPractice-focused tools for players, tabs, and music workflows.
Click to view tools Tools shownRoyalGuitar processes media locally on your Mac. Most tools keep your files right there. The few web connected features only go online when the job actually needs it. No surprise cloud detours for simple work.
One dashboard, every tool a click away.
This is an evolving project. I update it as I find bugs and add features that make it more useful and user-friendly. Check the GitHub releases page for the latest version.
I'm comfortable with HTML and CSS, and have some Python and Swift experience. Parts of this app were built with help from AI tools. I'd rather be upfront about that than mislead anyone about how it came together.
The app processes your media locally on your Mac. During development it was checked using Xcode's built-in static analysis and security tooling to catch code-level issues. It's distributed as an un-notarized build, so macOS will ask you to confirm on first launch (see the install steps above).
The app is distributed as an un-notarized build, so on first launch macOS adds an extra confirmation step. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, then click "Open Anyway." After that it launches normally every time.
Yes, it's free right now. That could change in the future, but anything you download today is yours to keep using.
No. Everything runs locally on your Mac. The only two tools that need an internet connection are the YouTube Browser and the Video Archival Utility, since they fetch content from the web. Nothing else goes online.
Yes. I update it as I find bugs and add features. The latest version is always on the GitHub releases page.
macOS 15 Sequoia or later, on either an Apple Silicon or Intel Mac, with at least 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended).
The app is currently in English. In-app localization is in the works, so future versions can feel less like they were built for one corner of the planet.
Free, native, and local. Download the latest release and open it up.
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