# Alternatives to Adobe Flash Player

The plugin that powered the old web. Adobe Flash Player has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

None of its 12 checklist rows are verified yet.

Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/adobe-flash-player/
Category: Browsers

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: Web users and developers in the 1996–2020 era who needed to view multimedia and interactive content built with Flash, before HTML5 became the standard.
- **What you get**: A browser plugin/runtime that rendered Flash (.swf) files, enabling animations, video, games, and interactive applications embedded in web pages. It supported vector graphics, ActionScript scripting, and streaming audio/video. Adobe (originally Macromedia) distributed it as a free browser add-on for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- **How it works**: Users installed the plugin into their browser, which then automatically detected and ran embedded Flash content on web pages. Adobe ended support on December 31, 2020, and began blocking Flash content from running in January 2021.

## Profile


## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [Arc](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/arc.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, Windows, iOS |
| 2 | [Brave](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/brave.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 3 | [Chrome](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/chrome.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 4 | [DuckDuckGo Browser](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/duckduckgo-browser.md) | building | Apache-2.0 | macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
| 5 | [Edge](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/edge.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 6 | [Firefox](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/firefox.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 7 | [LibreWolf](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/librewolf.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 8 | [Opera](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/opera.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 9 | [Orion](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/orion.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, iOS |
| 10 | [Tor Browser](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tor-browser.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android |
| 11 | [Ungoogled Chromium](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/ungoogled-chromium.md) | building | BSD-3-Clause | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 12 | [Vivaldi](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/vivaldi.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android |
| 13 | [Waterfox](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/waterfox.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 14 | [Zen Browser](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/zen-browser.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |

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