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24 alternatives to electron-swf-player

A simple, modern Adobe Flash .swf player built on Electron

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. electron-swf-player launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Build cross platform desktop apps

    2016 · electronjs.org · its alternatives →

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    A Lightweight Electron App Container. Contribute to thomastschurtschenthaler/electrico development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kitesurf▲136

    Browser built for agents, running on Cloudflare Workers

    Aug 2026 · developers.cloudflare.com · its alternatives →

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    Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. - felixrieseberg/windows95

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Flash is back in the browser

    2021 · flash.pm · its alternatives →

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    Create, run, package, and share experiments with Electron.

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Windows 95 app that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey all, creator of Video.js and co-founder of Mux & Zencoder here. My team and I built this. I hope you like the themes we’ve built so far, and maybe even get inspired to build your own. I know Web Components are in a bit of a drama cycle right now. I’m happy to see them get any attention really. I’ve been pretty bullish on them since ~2013 when I started working with them, at least in the context of a widget like a video player. I’ve even given many related talks on them like this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Mh84SRoDg). I would never push them for a large app or…

    2024 · player.style · its alternatives →

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    Highly extensible, modern, JavaScript video player. Handles MPEG-Dash / HLS / MPEG-4 and is built on top of the HTML5 video element. - matvp91/indigo-player

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The simple and beautiful embed video player for web

    2019 · onelineplayer.com · its alternatives →

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    Is Electron "just Chrome in a frame" or is it so much more?

    2016 · hanselminutes.com · its alternatives →

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    A video and channel downloader that supports 110 websites, powered by Electron and youtube-dl - mayeaux/videodownloader

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Video player built using Electron and IO.js

    2015 · mafintosh.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A handy tool to narrate your Medium articles

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    bespoke music player for web. Contribute to DusteDdk/dstream development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build Cross Platform HTML Desktop Apps on .NET using native GUI, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Owin, AspNetCore (MVC, RazorPages, Blazor) - chromelyapps/Chromely

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    One file drop-in media player web app for using video and audio files served using basic HTTP directory listing - pseudosavant/player.html

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Unofficial Google Play Music Player with minimalist stylings

    2017 · pmsaue0.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Your player, built with Mux

    2022 · mux.com · its alternatives →

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    Reframe▲268

    Turn your Mac into a time machine.

    Jun 2026 · myretromac.app · its alternatives →

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    Flash emulator for Android based on Ruffle

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    :bulb: Babel + Electron + React + Browserify + SASS application stack. Electron Made Easy :tm: - fluffgfx/jolteon

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A 1991 Macintosh in an app - for Windows, Linux, and macOS

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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