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Ruffle

open source emulator for Adobe Flash
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Summary

Ruffle is a free software[1]. Ruffle ranks in the top 3% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,243 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: browser extension[3], emulator[4]
  • Developer: kmeisthax[5], Mike Welsh[6], Nathan Adams[7]
  • Copyright license: Apache Software License 2.0[8], MIT License[9]
  • Programmed in: Rust[10], ActionScript[11], TypeScript[12], JavaScript[13]
  • Operating system: Linux[14], macOS[15], Microsoft Windows[16], Android[17]
  • Software version identifier: 0.1.0[18], 0.2.0[19], 0.3.0[20], 0.4.0[21], 0.4.1[22], 0.5.0[23], 0.6.0[24], 0.7.0[25], 0.7.1[26]
  • Commons category: Ruffle (software)[27]
  • Platform: web browser[28], Android[29], Microsoft Windows[30], Linux[31], macOS[32]
  • Distribution format: digital download[33]
  • Input device: touchscreen[34], computer keyboard[35], computer mouse[36]
  • Distributed by: F-Droid[37], Chrome Web Store[38], Firefox Add-ons[39], Microsoft Store[40]
  • Official website: https://ruffle.rs/[41]
  • Readable file format: Small Web Format family[42]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle[43]
  • Emulates: Adobe Flash[44]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[45]
  • Official demo URL: https://ruffle.rs/demo/[46]
  • P14912: Ruffle[47]

Why It Matters

Ruffle has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Ruffle is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . phoronix.com. Retrieved . phoronix.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 +6
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'r
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 0.7.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a4e3ce501ca6|details]])"
  2. 26d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14912 → Ruffle
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14912: Ruffle, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274783|batch #274783]]"
  3. 5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 +6
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8bfb310df703|details]])"
  4. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 +6
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/62205fceaf31|details]])"
  5. 12w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 +6
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7a159ecbe601|details]])"
  6. 13w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 +6
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5cdb5632385|details]])"
  7. 18w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Platform → —
    Readable file format → Small Web Format family
    Programming language → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/236b5966f0b0|details]])"
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