The Best Adobe Flash Player AlternativesTop Flash Players and other similar apps like Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is described as 'Freeware software enabling multimedia viewing and rich Internet applications through web browsers, discontinued by Adobe in December 2020, replaced by modern web standards' and is a very popular Flash Player in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Adobe Flash Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mac and Android apps. The best Adobe Flash Player alternative is Lightspark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Flash Player are Ruffle, Gnash, Flashpoint Archive and CheerpX for Flash.

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  1. Lightspark icon
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    An open source Adobe Flash Player implementation, designed from the ground up to be efficient on current and (hopefully) future hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Lightspark is a great Adobe Flash Player alternative.

    • Lightspark is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Adobe Flash Player.

    • Lightspark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Adobe Flash Player.

    • Lightspark is Free and Open SourceAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
    • Lightspark is LightweightAdobe Flash Player is not according to our users
  2. Ruffle icon
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    Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust. Ruffle runs natively on all modern operating systems as a standalone application, and on all modern browsers through the use of WebAssembly. Leveraging the safety of the modern browser sandbox and the memory safety guarantees of...

    8 Ruffle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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    Comments about Ruffle as an Alternative to Adobe Flash Player
    Top Positive Comment
    ahmednasser293
    0

    Easy to use and integrates with modern Chromium-based and Firefox Browsers.

    Top Negative Comment
    maurosoft391
    0

    the program keeps giving errors. ruffle is garbage

    Novan Purnama
    Negative
    1

    sadly Ruffle doesn't support OPENGL on native desktop so you can't emulate flash on desktop if your hardware doesn't have vulkan support... but you still can open using browser addons..

    it's still big issue on ruffle because you need modern graphic card support only for playing old flash game ? really....

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    • Most users think Ruffle is a great Adobe Flash Player alternative.

    • Ruffle is the most popular Android & Mac alternative to Adobe Flash Player.

    • Ruffle is Free and Open SourceAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
  3. Gnash icon
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    GNU Gnash is the GNU Flash movie player — Flash is an animation file format pioneered by Macromedia which continues to be supported by their successor company, Adobe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Konqueror
    • AmigaOS
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
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    The webgame preservation project.

    8 Flashpoint Archive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Flashpoint Archive as an Alternative to Adobe Flash Player
    ahmednasser293
    Positive
    0

    It has extensive library of Games and plugins including Flash.

    maurosoft391
    Negative
    -1

    the filesize is too big. over 600 GB of storage must be free to install that software. some people can't install that because require too much space in the disk

    Anipe
    Negative
    1

    It isn't an alternative to flash; it's an archival of flash

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    • Most users think Flashpoint Archive is a great Adobe Flash Player alternative.

    • Flashpoint Archive is Free and Open SourceAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
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    CheerpX For Flash is a long-term HTML5 solution for preserving accessibility to Flash applications on modern unmodified browsers.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Firefox
     
    • CheerpX for Flash is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Flash Player.

    • CheerpX for Flash is Free Personal and ProprietaryAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
  6. Swfdec icon
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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
     
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  7. OpenSilver icon
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    OpenSilver is a modern, plugin-free, open-source reimplementation of Microsoft Silverlight , that runs on current browsers via WebAssembly. It uses Mono for WebAssembly and Microsoft Blazor. It brings back the power of C#, XAML, and .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about OpenSilver as an Alternative to Adobe Flash Player
    Guest
    Negative
    4

    alternative to silverlight instead of flash

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    JergenRoss
    Negative
    1

    IT'S silverlight apps, not flash apps

    Guest
    Negative
    1

    It's for Silverlight apps, not Flash apps.

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    • Some users think OpenSilver is a great Adobe Flash Player alternative, some don't.

    • OpenSilver is Free and Open SourceAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
  8. XMTV Player icon
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    In the beginning was the need for a player. Adobe Flash Player Alternative! Google Cast feature for Android TV.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • SAM - SlideME Application Manager
    • 1Mobile
    • Google Cast
    • Firefox
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks XMTV Player is a great Adobe Flash Player alternative.

    • XMTV Player is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Adobe Flash Player.

    • XMTV Player is Free and ProprietaryAdobe Flash Player is also Free and Proprietary
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    SuperNova Player allows systems to play .SWF files in a standalone player launched from any browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Newgrounds is home to over 20 years of content built using Adobe Flash. Unfortunately, most browser manufacturers will be dropping support for the Flash plugin, and these submissions will no longer play directly in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Browser extension with a one-click Flash emulator, making Flash playable in 2021 and beyond.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Firefox
     
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    Comments about Flash Player 2021 as an Alternative to Adobe Flash Player
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    I need to access files from another app to run on my PC

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Flash Player 2021 is Free and Open SourceAdobe Flash Player is Free and Proprietary
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    Shubus Viewer is unique of its kind utility which allows create texts and HTML pages, view pictures, play games. Shubus Viewer represents Shubus Corporation's point of view, how user-friendly application should look really.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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