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Ruffle

A Flash Player emulator written in Rust observed · 2026-10-19

github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle · homepage · Rust · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-10-19

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 98
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 21.5
  • age_days: 2735
  • days_rel: 13
  • days_push: 2
  • n_releases_24m: 9

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

18709 stars · 1146 forks observed · 2026-10-19

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.97

Ruffle is an open‑source Adobe Flash Player emulator written in Rust. It runs natively on desktop operating systems and in browsers via WebAssembly.

Use cases

  • Play old Flash games and animations in modern browsers without the original Flash plugin.
  • Run SWF files locally on Windows, macOS, or Linux desktops.
  • Embed Flash content on a website using the WebAssembly version of Ruffle.
  • View Flash media on Android devices via the Ruffle Android app.
  • Provide a safe, sandboxed Flash player for legacy corporate training material.

When to choose

  • You need to display legacy Flash content securely on modern platforms.
  • You prefer a native or WebAssembly solution that avoids the security issues of the original Flash Player.
  • You want a free, open‑source emulator that can be integrated into websites or desktop applications.

When to avoid

  • Your Flash content relies on features not yet supported by Ruffle (e.g., ActionScript 4 or certain proprietary extensions).
  • You require a full‑featured commercial Flash Player with exact parity for legacy software.
  • You need tight integration with proprietary Adobe services that Ruffle does not provide.

Facets

application · maturity active

gui browser-extension media web-development windows browser wasm flash-emulator swf rust wasm desktop-app browser-extension open-source web-assembly linux macos android desktop

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ruffle-rs/rufflemain99
ruffle-rs/ruffle-androidfrontend84

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