Open source Flash Player emulator Ruffle can run SWF files
The Adobe Flash Player player has completely ended support, but for the Internet, the complete retirement of the old technology normally takes many, many years.
The same is true for Flash content. Although the Adobe Flash Player has been criticized for its vulnerabilities, a large number of Flash-based content cannot be used after the support is stopped.
This includes not only a large number of games but also a large number of works of art, etc. Therefore, the Internet Archive has now launched an open-source Flash Player emulator Ruffle.
The Ruffle simulator was developed and maintained by volunteers of the Internet Archive, and the Internet Archive and volunteers expressed their enthusiasm for the preservation of Internet history.
Therefore, the Flash Player emulator is written through Rust, which supports not only mainstream operating systems but also simulation through the browser or the Web.
At the same time, using the sandbox security of modern browsers can avoid the potential security loopholes of Flash, so users can use this simulator with confidence.
The Ruffle emulator currently under development already supports Windows, Linux, macOS, Chromium, Firefox, and webpage online simulation versions.
In addition to loading Flash content locally, Ruffle also supports calling on web pages. During website development, you can continue to safely support Flash content by calling Ruffle.
The easiest way to run Ruffle is to directly open the official website of the simulator, and then click to select the local SWF or SPL file to run it on the webpage.
It is also possible to include various keyboard key support, and users can also install the Ruffle emulator client to run SWF or SPL authoring content locally.
If users need it, they can also install browser extensions. Currently, these extensions can be manually downloaded and installed in the browser.
For Chromium, please go to the extension page and manually drag the installation package into it to install. Firefox can load the XPI extension on the about:debugging page.
