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Songcards Documentation

Songcards is a local-first Windows app for keeping the information behind your songs together. Each song gets one searchable Songcard for creative material, Suno generation details, credits, rights notes, release information and publication links.

These docs describe Songcards 0.0.8. They are intentionally practical: enough detail to use the product safely without turning every field into a chapter.

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Start here

If this is your first time using Songcards, begin with Getting started. It covers the normal first-use flow from creating a Songcard to making your first full backup.

If you have the Windows package and need to install it, see Installation. Songcards 0.0.8 is currently distributed with an unsigned installer, so Windows may show a SmartScreen warning.

The main parts of Songcards

A Songcard is organised into four sections:

  • Song identity — title, catalogue number, artist, project, status, language, duration, genres, work type and tags.
  • Creative — core idea, working lyrics, final lyrics and production notes.
  • Suno generation — model, plan used, creation mode, voice source, Suno song URL, style prompt, generation parameters and notes.
  • Release, credits & rights — release details, identifiers, file references, rights review, songwriters, credits and publication links.

See Using Songcards for the normal editing and library workflow.

Keep a backup

Songcards stores its working library locally. There is no Songcards account or cloud library that can silently recover your catalogue later.

That is deliberate, but it makes backups important.

Use a full backup regularly and keep copies somewhere safe. Backup & restore explains the two restore modes and the difference between a recovery backup and ordinary exports.

Move data when you need to

Songcards supports several ways to move or reuse information, including full JSON backups, portable Songcards, Markdown import/export and catalogue ZIP export.

See Import & export for what each format is for.

If you use Obsidian — or simply prefer plain Markdown — see Obsidian. Obsidian is optional and no Songcards-specific Obsidian plugin is required.

Need a quick answer?

The FAQ covers common questions about local storage, Suno, backups, rights information, the unsigned installer and older Songcards data.

For the product website, visit songcards.hugbyte.no.