Adobe Flash Player Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Adobe Flash Player for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Lightspark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Adobe Flash Player and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Adobe Flash Player are Ruffle, Flashpoint Archive, Gnash and Swfdec.

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  1. 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...

    9 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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  2. The webgame preservation project.

    9 Flashpoint Archive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    4
  3. Gnash icon
     27 likes

    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
     
  4. Swfdec icon
     11 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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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