Adobe AIR AlternativesRuntime Environments & Web App Development Tools like Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR is described as 'Since its release in 2008, the Adobe AIR runtime has enabled developers to create and deploy Flex, ActionScript and HTML-based content as standalone desktop apps, as well as native iOS and Android apps running on mobile devices since 2010' and is a popular runtime environment in the development category. There are nine alternatives to Adobe AIR for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Adobe AIR alternative is Appcelerator Titanium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe AIR are RhoMobile, IBM Worklight, kodeWeave and Codename One.

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Alternatives list

  1. Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Appcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. RhoMobile icon
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    Cross-platform framework for creating mobile and desktop apps for iOS, Android, WinCE, Sailfish OS, Windows, Linux and OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Sailfish OS
     
  3. Worklight helps you build, test, and deploy native, HTML5, and hybrid mobile apps for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone devices. The free Worklight Developer Edition gives you tools and an app server—in an easy-to-install Eclipse plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. kodeWeave icon
     25 likes

    kodeWeave is a realtime coding playground for HTML, CSS and Javascript. Similar to JSFiddle and JSBin, but kodeWeave was made to work offline but also as a prototyping application to build applications for desktop operating systems while on mobile devices.

    61 kodeWeave alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. Codename One icon
     9 likes

    Cross-platform framework for building truly native mobile apps with Java or Kotlin. Write Once Run Anywhere support for iOS, Android, Desktop & Web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Eclipse
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Maven
    • NetBeans
     
  6. Sencha Touch icon
     4 likes

    Sencha Touch allows you to develop mobile web apps that look and feel native on iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry touch devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Convertigo icon
     2 likes

    Convertigo is a Low code Open source Enterprise Mobility Platform enabling Enterprises to reduce their mobile apps development costs and delivery time by 10 to 50 times.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Quark icon
     1 like

    General-purpose tool enabling the creation of cross-platform native-like desktop applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a single codebase running on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Suitable for prototyping, production, and offline app development.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Node.JS
     
  9. MobileSmith icon
     1 like

    Mobile App Development Platform for non-developers: create native apps; send to devices or submit to app stores; manage apps from a secure CMS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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