Drop a folder of parts. Chive files it as a piece.
A sheet music library for ensemble librarians. Scores and parts filed without a form per piece, searchable by anyone in the ensemble, and checked against the set list before the rehearsal rather than at it.
Drop the folder, not a form
Drop a piece's folder of parts into Chive in your browser, on any computer. Chive reads the filenames, proposes a name for every part, and shows you the lot before anything is saved.
On a Mac, Chive Desktop can also watch a folder for you and file what lands in it, with thirty seconds to cancel.
One PDF, cut into parts
Scanned the whole set as a single file? Chive reads the page headings, proposes where each part begins, and you correct it before anything is saved. Splitting and page extraction need Pro, or an ensemble on a paid plan.
Ask, don't remember
Search across pieces, materials and set lists at once. Pro and paid ensemble plans can ask in plain language instead of guessing the spelling.
What Chive does today
Library review
A standing list of what is thin: pieces with no composer or no parts yet, likely duplicates, and composer names spelled two ways. It only points them out — nothing is edited on your behalf.
Set lists
Put a concert in order, give it a date, occasion and venue, then mark it performed — which writes it into each piece's performance history. Export the running order as a PDF, or straight to forScore.
Shared ensemble libraries
Invite your ensemble and everyone reads the same library. Owners and admins add, edit and remove music; members read it. Billing sits with the owner.
Personal libraries
The same filing, search and set lists for one player's own collection, with no ensemble attached. Free up to ten pieces; Pro lifts the count.
Chive runs in the browser and needs an internet connection — there is no offline mode. It works on a phone and can be added to your home screen, though there is nothing to install from an app store. Adding music is browser work on any computer; Chive Desktop, for the Mac, only saves you the trip by watching a folder. Your music is visible only to you and to the ensembles you belong to; nothing is shared between libraries.