The game's included song files and some internal fonts are proprietary, and their redistribution is not permitted outside of the Frets on Fire executable.

Other programs include EOF (EditorOnFire), dB (Feedback), and Freetar editors.

Frets on Fire lacks the ability to allow players to use the whammy bar, while FoFiX has basic support for modulating the pitch of a track.

[8] Much like console guitar-style games, Frets on Fire comes with World Charts, an official online high score list, but since the entire system is open source, players have the ability to host their own server as well.

[12] Frets on Fire has received generally positive reviews in a variety of publications.

[14] The University of Nevada developed a modified version of Frets on Fire called Blind Hero[15] which uses a haptic glove to make this game accessible to players who are visually impaired.