A free Guitar Hero/RockBand-like game mod, forked from Frets on Fire and developed by British fans.
FoFiX vs Rocksmith Comments
Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar.FoFiX is played using a computer keyboard.


- FoFiX is Free and Open Source
The best open source alternative to Rocksmith is FoFiX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rocksmith and four of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Rocksmith are YARG, Frets on Fire and Taps of Fire.
A free Guitar Hero/RockBand-like game mod, forked from Frets on Fire and developed by British fans.
Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar.FoFiX is played using a computer keyboard.


YARG (a.k.a. Yet Another Rhythm Game) is a free, open-source, plastic guitar game that is still in development. It supports guitar (five fret), drums (plastic or e-kit), vocals, pro-guitar, and more!.


Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.




Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar. Fres on Fire is played using a computer keyboard.
Rocksmith uses real musical instruments, while FoF use keyboard. You canot learn to play a real instrument with Frets on Fire
FoF is just a video game, Rocksmith teaches on a real guitar


Taps of Fire is an implementation of the open source Frets on Fire game for Android devices. Play songs and tap to hit the right notes.




Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar. Taps on Fire is played using the screen.


Played using a computer keyboard, not a real electric guitar.