Collaboration

Chordly gives you full control over who can see and edit your songs. Keep something private, share it with friends, open it to everyone, or bring someone in as a co-editor.

How collaboration works in Chordly

Chordly gives you a few different ways to work with other people:

• keep a song private
• let all your friends view it
• make it public so anyone can discover and open it
• share it directly with specific friends
• let another person edit the same song with you in real time
• message your friends from the dashboard or editor

That means collaboration is not one single switch. You decide how open the song should be, who should be able to see it, and whether another person should only view it or actually edit it.

Where collaboration starts

In the editor header, click Share to open the Share menu.

That is where you:

• search for friends to share with
• add them as viewers or editors
• remove access later
• change the song between Private, Friends, and Public
• copy the song link

Private, Friends, and Public

Chordly uses three main privacy levels:

• Private means only you and people you directly share with can access the song
• Friends means all your friends can view it in Play Mode
• Public means anyone can discover and view it

If you make a song public, Chordly asks for a few details first so the song can appear properly in the public library.

Working together in real time

When more than one person is editing the same song, Chordly shows who is there and updates the document as changes happen.

In practice, that includes:

• active user avatars in the editor header
• remote cursors and selections
• live updates appearing without refreshing the page

Messages

Chordly includes direct messages between friends. You can open them from the dashboard sidebar or the editor menu.

Next steps

For the exact rules and workflows, go deeper here:

• Sharing a Song
• Song Privacy
• Inviting Collaborators
• Real-Time Editing
• Messaging