Flare AlternativesDecompilers and other similar apps like Flare

Flare is described as 'Processes an SWF and extracts all scripts from it. The output is written to a single text file. Only ActionScript is extracted, no text or images. Flare is freeware. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions are available' and is a Decompiler in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Flare for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best Flare alternative is Director Cast Ripper, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Flare are Sothink SWF Decompiler , ProjectorRays, Swfdec and SWFTOOLS.

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    Director Cast Ripper exports assets and information from Macromedia / Adobe Director files, including standard and compressed (Shockwave) movies and casts. It features both a friendly graphical interface and a command-line interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Director Cast Ripper is the most popular Windows alternative to Flare.

    • Director Cast Ripper is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Flare.

    • Director Cast Ripper is Free and Open SourceFlare is Free and Proprietary
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    Sothink SWF Decompiler, a professional Flash decompiler easily decompiles one or more SWF to FLA. It supports Flash 6, Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, Flash CS3 and Flash CS4. This Flash decompiler can recover FLA and extract elements including shape, sounds, images, sprites, fonts...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Sothink SWF Decompiler is the most popular Mac alternative to Flare.

    • Sothink SWF Decompiler is the most popular commercial alternative to Flare.

    • Sothink SWF Decompiler is Paid and ProprietaryFlare is Free and Proprietary
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    Decompiler for Macromedia Shockwave/Macromedia Director/Adobe Shockwave/Adobe Director

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Swfdec (pronounced "swiff deck") is a decoder/renderer for Macromedia Flash animations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Swfdec is the most popular Linux alternative to Flare.

    • Swfdec is Free and Open SourceFlare is Free and Proprietary
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    SWFTools is a collection of utilities for working with Adobe Flash files (SWF files). The tool collection includes programs for reading SWF files, combining them, and creating them from other content (like images, sound files, videos or sourcecode).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Flash Decompiler Trillix is a new powerful SWF to FLA converter with functionality to decompile Flash movies, convert SWF elements into multiple formats and edit SWF movies (texts, hyperlinks and more) without Flash Studio installed.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Flasm is a free command line assembler/disassembler of Flash ActionScript bytecode. It lets you make changes to any SWF. Flasm fully supports SWFs produced by Macromedia Flash 8 and earlier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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