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 five alternatives to Flare for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Flare alternative is Sothink SWF Decompiler . It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Swfdec or SWFTOOLS. Other great apps like Flare are Flasm and Flash Decompiler Trillix.

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Flare

Decompiler
Free • Proprietary

Flare 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.

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Flare alternatives page was last updated Jan 16, 2018

Sothink SWF Decompiler
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...
8 Sothink SWF Decompiler alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- Decompiler
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Sothink SWF Decompiler VS Flare
Is this a good alternative to Flare?
- Sothink SWF Decompiler is the most popular Windows & 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

Swfdec
Swfdec (pronounced "swiff deck") is a decoder/renderer for Macromedia Flash animations.
16 Swfdec alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Flash Player
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.8.4, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Swfdec VS Flare
Is Swfdec a good alternative to Flare?
- Swfdec is the most popular Linux alternative to Flare.
- Swfdec is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Flare.
- Swfdec is Free and Open SourceFlare is Free and Proprietary

SWFTOOLS
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).
12 SWFTOOLS alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
SWFTOOLS Features
Extract images
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Discontinued
The last download was made back in 2013: http://www.swftools.org/download.html
SWFTOOLS VS Flare
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Flasm
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.
5 Flasm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Flasm Features
Disassembler
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Flasm VS Flare
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Flash Decompiler Trillix
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.
5 Flash Decompiler Trillix alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- Decompiler
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Flash Decompiler Trillix VS Flare
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