Swfdec AlternativesFlash Players and other similar apps like Swfdec

Swfdec is described as '(pronounced "swiff deck") is a decoder/renderer for Macromedia Flash animations' and is a Flash Player. There are more than 10 alternatives to Swfdec for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Mozilla Firefox and Android apps. The best Swfdec alternative is Ruffle, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Swfdec are Flashpoint Archive, CheerpX for Flash, Gnash and Sothink SWF Decompiler .

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  1. Ruffle icon
     45 likes

    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
     
  2. 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
     
  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. 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
     
  5. SuperNova Player allows systems to play .SWF files in a standalone player launched from any browser.

    9 SuperNova Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. XMTV Player icon
     10 likes

    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
     
  7. SWFTOOLS icon
     6 likes

    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
     
  8. SWF Picture Extractor is a very easy to use software tool designed to help you extract pictures from SWF files, providing a simple interface to lend you a hand in this regard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Flare icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10.  2 likes

    A Macromedia Flash resource extractor and editor. It can save resources in various formats, including SVG conversion from the flash vector format, decompile ActionScript, and remove the protect tag from SWF files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. SWF Opener icon
     1 like

    SWF Opener (free) - open and play swf files (flash movies). Very easy to use flash player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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