Some history

We started the project in order to create a songbook for the Mass for our boy scout group (please download the songbook (in Italian) if you want to have a look at Songpress output). We quickly created the typesetting algorithm and the clipboard functionality.

In the introduction of the songbook there is a promise:

In order to quiclky and accurately typeset our songbook, we created a piece of software. [...] Our intention is to improve it and distribute it for free (as an open source software) in our group website.

At the beginning we didn't have much time to improve the software into a complete application for non-geek users. Some times ago we decided to rewrite the program in Python (much more fun to program in than C++)... and the promise has been kept!