Adobe Resources and Code Libraries
Find and download free and open source ActionScript libraries for Flash and Flex.
- ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe Flash Platform
- ActionScript Technology Center
- Adobe ActionScript Cookbook
- ActionScript 3.0 Components
AS3 Code Libraries (APIs)
3D Engines
- Papervision3D
http://blog.papervision3d.org/ - Away 3D
http://www.away3d.com/
- Sandy 3D
http://www.flashsandy.org/
- Alternativa Platform
http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/en/
- FIVe3D
http://five3d.mathieu-badimon.com/
- WireEngine3D (we3d) - A lightweight and fast 3D Engine for Flash 8/9.
http://osflash.org/we3d/
- Sharikura
http://temp.roxik.com/datas/physics/ - Infinity3d - In Russian
http://www.infinity3d-engine.com - AS3Dmod - A cross-engine 3d modifier library for Flash
http://code.google.com/p/as3dmod/ - nd3d - ND3D is a small and lightweight AS3 3D Engine
http://code.google.com/p/nd3d/ - Flare3D - Export from Autodesk’s 3DSMax and then control using ActionScript (Commercial)
http://www.flare3d.com/
3D Game Engines
- PaperWorld 3D
http://paperworld3d.com/ - Yogurt3D
http://www.yogurt3d.com/
2D Game Engines
- Citrus Engine - Flash Sidescrolling Platform Game Engine (Commercial)
http://www.citrusengine.com/ - FlashPunk - Provide you with a fast, clean framework for prototyping and developing games.
http://flashpunk.net/ - flixel - A collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash games.
http://flixel.org/ - PixelBlitz Engine -A game framework for Actionscript3
http://www.photonstorm.com/pixelblitz-engine - PushButton Engine - An Open Source, Flash game engine and framework that’s designed for a new generation of games.
http://pushbuttonengine.com/
Isometric Engines
- as3isolib - An open-source ActionScript 3.0 Isometric Library
http://as3isolib.wordpress.com/ - FFilmation - AS3 Isometric Engine
http://www.ffilmation.org/ - isoengineas3 - Flash Isometric Engine AS3
http://sourceforge.net/projects/isoengineas3/ - OpenSpace - Commercial
http://www.openspace-engine.com/ - Sean Cooper Isometric Engine - Commercial
http://www.games.seantcooper.com/IsometricEngine.aspx - TheoWorlds - Commercial
http://www.theoworlds.com/products.php - T.I.L.E. (Tangerine Isometric Level Editor) - Commercial
http://www.tangerinepop.com/ then click on “TECH”
3D Animation Framework
- Cast3D
http://www.cast3d.org/
3D Physics Engines
- WOW-Engine
http://seraf.mediabox.fr/wow-engine/ - jiglibflash
http://www.jiglibflash.com/blog/
Augmented Reality
- FLARToolkit
http://www.libspark.org/wiki/saqoosha/FLARToolKit/en - FLARManager
http://words.transmote.com/wp/flarmanager/ - ARtisan
http://onezerothrice.com/artisan/
Animation Tweening Engines
- Desuade Motion Package - A breakthrough AS3 library that combines keyframe-sequencing, physics, and tweening.
http://desuade.com/dmp - TweenNano - 1.6k TweenLite with Some Sacrifices
http://www.greensock.com/tweennano/ - TweenLite
http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/
- TweenMax
http://blog.greensock.com/tweenmaxas3/ - TimelineLite – Sequence/Group Multiple Tweens, Control Them as a Whole
http://www.greensock.com/timelinelite/ - TimelineMax – Sequence/Group Multiple Tweens, Control Them as a Whole
http://www.greensock.com/timelinemax/ - Tweener - A class for creating tweens in actionscript 2 and 3 - because there’s infinity between 0 and 1.
http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
- Tweensy
http://www.lostinactionscript.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/31/as3-tween-engine-tweensy-preview/ - TweensyZero - A light weight version of Tweensy.
http://code.google.com/p/tweensy/wiki/TweensyZero - GoASAP (ActionScript Animation Platform)
http://www.goasap.org/
- AS3 Animation System 2.0
http://www.boostworthy.com/blog/?p=170
- Animation Package
http://www.alex-uhlmann.de/flash/animationpackage/
- KitchenSync - KitchenSync is an ActionScript 3.0 library for sequencing animations and other time-based actions.
http://code.google.com/p/kitchensynclib/
- Gyro - A tween and animation library for ActionScript 3.
http://code.google.com/p/gyro-actionscript-animation/
- gTween
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/08/gtween_a_new_tw.html
- HydroTween + HydroSequence (based on GoASAP)
http://blog.hydrotik.com/2008/07/19/hydrotween-hydrosequence-rev32/
- AS3 Easing
http://www.uza.lt/codex/as3-easing/
- Twease
http://code.google.com/p/twease/ - BetweenAS3
http://www.be-interactive.org/works/20090428/slide_betweenas3.html - ByteTween - Light weight engine (focusing in low Kb increase and not being a do-it-all engine).
http://code.google.com/p/thelaboratory-tween/ - Eaze - Blazing fast, chainable and compact Flash AS3 tweening library
http://code.google.com/p/eaze-tween/ - Actuate - Tween library for Actionscript 3
http://code.google.com/p/actuate/ - grape-as3 - Path-based ActionScript 3 animation library
http://blog.generalrelativity.org/actionscript-30/grape-animation-library/ - RabbitTween - A new fast and easy transition/tween engine for Flash AS3
http://blog.open-design.be/2009/09/26/rabbittween-new-fast-and-easy-transitiontween-engine-for-flash-as3/ - Tweaser - The anti-tween engine
http://www.tweaser.org/ - NanoTween - Small, lightweight tweening tool for Flash ActionScript 3
http://labs.eric-decker.com/2010/07/nanotween/
2D Physics Engines
- APE (Actionscript Physics Engine)
http://www.cove.org/ape/index.htm
- Box2DFlashAS3
http://box2dflash.sourceforge.net/
- FOAM - 2D Rigid Body Physics Engine.
http://code.google.com/p/foam-as3/
- glaze - 2D Rigid Body Dynamics & Game Engine for Actionsctipt 3.
http://code.google.com/p/glaze/
- motor2
http://lab.polygonal.de/motor_physics/
- Fisix Engine
http://www.fisixengine.com/default.asp
- PopShapes
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/physics-engine/ - Collision Detection Kit
http://coreyoneil.com/portfolio/index.php?project=5 - QuickBox2D - A mini-library created to work with Box2DFlashAS3
http://actionsnippet.com/?page_id=1391
Security
- AS3Crypto
http://crypto.hurlant.com/
Audio Libraries
- Popforge - ActionScript 3 code sandbox for various packages.
http://code.google.com/p/popforge/ - Sonoflash - Dynamic AS3 Audio (Commercial)
http://www.sonoflash.com/
Particle Systems
- FLiNT
http://flintparticles.org/
- Partigen (Not free)
http://desuade.com/products/partigen/ - Pulse Particle System - A general purpose AS3 particle system.
http://www.rogue-development.com/pulseParticles.html - Emitter - ActionScript 3.0 particle FX engine.
http://code.google.com/p/emitter/ - Stardust - ActionScript 3.0 Particle engine.
http://code.google.com/p/stardust-particle-engine/ - Orion - An all around simple and flexible particle generator.
http://blog.coursevector.com/orion - particlesun - A 3D or 2D Particle Engine for Actionscript 3.0
http://code.google.com/p/particlesun/
Data Visualization
- Flare - Create interactive data visualizations for the web.
http://flare.prefuse.org/
Loading Kits
- BulkLoader - A library for managing multiple loadings with Actionscript 3 (AS3).
http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/ - LoaderMax – Smart AS3 Loading
http://www.greensock.com/loadermax/ - Masapi - Flash/Flex/AIR AS3 Framework for the massive loading (MassLoad)
http://code.google.com/p/masapi/
- QueueLoaderAS3 - an actionscript library for sequential asset loading and monitoring
http://wiki.github.com/hydrotik/QueueLoader/ - SomaLoader - A lightweight loading manager written in AS3
http://www.soundstep.com/blog/downloads/somaloader/
OOP Frameworks
- Cairngorm
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/cairngorm/Cairngorm
- PureMVC
http://puremvc.org/
- Mate
http://mate.asfusion.com/ - Swiz - Brutally simple micro-architecture for Rich Internet Application development with Adobe Flex
http://code.google.com/p/swizframework/ - HydraMVC - A rewrite of the PureMVC API exclusively for Flex
http://www.hydramvc.com/ - RobotLegs - An Architectural (or Structural) Action Script 3 Framework
http://shaun.boyblack.co.za/blog/category/robotlegs/ - Gaia - An open-source front-end Flash Framework for AS3 and AS2 designed to dramatically reduce development time
http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/ - LayerGlue - A framework aimed at rapid website development for Flash & Flex.
http://www.layerglue.com - Slide - An application framework for Flex 2 and Flex 3
http://code.google.com/p/flex-slide/
- Guasax - an ease of use programming framework to provide ordered and scalable Flex applications
http://www.guasax.com/
- VEGAS - an AS3, AS2 and SSAS OpenSource Framework
http://code.google.com/p/vegas/
- Parsley - an application framework for Flex/Flash/AIR applications written in AS3
http://www.spicefactory.org/parsley/
- LowRa - AS3 version of pixlib.
http://code.google.com/p/lowra/ - CASA Lib - An Open Source Code Library for ActionScript 2.0 & 3.0
http://casalib.org/ - FlashMVC - A flexable lightweight framework engine for AS3.
http://www.flashmvc.com/ - Hive - A state-based MVC framework for AS3.
http://code.google.com/p/as-hive/ - Soma and SomaUI - An AS3 MVC framework and software to generate an AS3 flash site based on it.
http://www.soundstep.com/blog/downloads/somaui/ - Spring Actionscript - An offshoot of the Java-based Spring Framework.
http://www.springactionscript.org/ - SmartyPants IOC - Dependency Injection for Adobe Flex and Flash
http://smartypants.expantra.net/ - fosfr - AS3 open source framework
http://code.google.com/p/fosfr/ - Flight Framework
http://flightxd.com/flightframework/ - CycleFramework - A view management and development oriented framework
http://code.google.com/p/cycleframework/
Other APIs and libraries
- facebook-actionscript-api - Actionscript API for the Facebook platform.
http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
- as3facebooklib - ActionScript 3.0 API for Facebook.
http://code.google.com/p/as3facebooklib/
- Yahoo Maps API
http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/maps/
- corelib - ActionScript 3.0 library for several basic utilities (JPEG Encoding, MD5 Hashing, JSON Serialization).
http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/
- as3flexunitlib - ActionScript 3.0 framework for unit testing.
http://code.google.com/p/as3flexunitlib/
- as3flickrlib - ActionScript 3.0 API for Flickr.
http://code.google.com/p/as3flickrlib/
- as3mapprlib - ActionScript 3.0 API for Mappr.
- http://code.google.com/p/as3mapprlib/
- as3syndicationlib - ActionScript 3.0 library for handling syndication feeds.
http://code.google.com/p/as3syndicationlib/
- as3odeolib - ActionScript 3.0 API for Odeo.
http://code.google.com/p/as3odeolib/
- as3youtubelib - ActionScript 3.0 API for YouTube.
http://code.google.com/p/as3youtubelib/
- as3ebaylib - ActionScript 3.0 API for eBay.
http://code.google.com/p/as3ebaylib/
- as3awss3lib - ActionScript 3.0 library for interacting with Amazon S3.
http://code.google.com/p/as3awss3lib/
- as3soundeditorlib - Actionscript 3.0 library for sound playback, spectrum display, and cue point display.
http://code.google.com/p/as3soundeditorlib/
- as3ds - AS3 Data Structures For Game Developers.
http://code.google.com/p/as3ds/
- as3notificationlib - A notification framework written in AS3 for the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).
http://code.google.com/p/as3notificationlib/
- as3preferenceslib - An AIR library for storing preferences.
http://code.google.com/p/as3preferenceslib/
- as3nativealertlib - An AIR alert that appears in a native window.
http://code.google.com/p/as3nativealertlib/
- ASCOLLADA - actionscript library for parsing Collada files.
http://code.google.com/p/ascollada/
- FZip - An Actionscript 3 class library to load, modify and create standard ZIP archives.
http://codeazur.com.br/lab/fzip/ - AS3 Zip Library - An ActionScript 3 based library for reading and writing zip files.
http://nochump.com/blog/?p=15 - lastfm-as3 - Actionscript 3.0 API to access the Last.fm web services.
http://code.google.com/p/lastfm-as3/
- MapQuest
http://company.mapquest.com/mqbs/4a.html
- Modest Maps - A display and interaction library for tile-based maps in Flash.
http://www.modestmaps.com/
- as3cards - An ActionScript 3.0 card engine and example games.
http://code.google.com/p/as3cards/
- flexircclient - ActionScript 3 based IRC library.
http://code.google.com/p/flexircclient/
- AsWing - A GUI framework and library that allows programmers to make their flash application(or RIA) UI easily.
http://www.aswing.org/
- as3httpclient - ActionScript 3 utils/classes to extend HTTP/HTTPS APIs in Flash Player 9 (onwards).
http://code.google.com/p/as3httpclient/
- DistortionTweener
http://evolve.reintroducing.com/2007/11/18/as3/as3-distortiontweener/
- ascanvas - An adapter of HTML Canvas and fl.display.Graphics
http://code.google.com/p/ascanvas/
- dopplr-as3 - actionscript 3 code for accessing data from dopplr.com’s api.
http://code.google.com/p/dopplr-as3/
- FC64 - an Open-Source Commodore 64 Emulator.
https://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/osflash/fc64/
- Google Maps API
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/intro.html - gmaps-utility-library-flash - Google Maps API for Flash Utility Library.
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-utility-library-flash/ - FVNC - VNC Client for Flash Player 9 and above.
http://osflash.org/fvnc
- AS3 Parametric Curve Library
http://www.algorithmist.net/as3pc.html
- AWI - AMFPHP-WordPress Integration.
http://www.klr20mg.com/awi/ (in Spanish) - as3webservice - Open-source Webservice class implementation in AS3 for Flash CS3 IDE.
http://code.google.com/p/as3webservice/
- as3jayrock - AS3 wrapper for Jayrock communication.
http://code.google.com/p/as3jayrock/ - ASAP Library - A library for the development of maintainable, multi-movie, interactive applications.
http://asaplibrary.org/ - Wordpress XML-RPC API
http://blog.absentdesign.com/?page_id=22 - as3maillib - An ActionScript 3 email library.
http://code.google.com/p/as3maillib/ - AlivePDF - ActionScript 3 Open-Source PDF Library – 100% client side PDF generation.
http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/ - purepdf - Flash/Actionscript library for creating PDF files.
http://code.google.com/p/purepdf/ - SWFAddress - Deep linking for Flash.
http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/ - Flash Camouflage - Skinning framework for AS3.
http://code.google.com/p/flash-camouflage/ - Flexlib - Open Source Flex Component Library.
http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ - Yahoo Astra Flash Components
http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/astra-flash/ - as3-fullscreen-lib - A small lib used for scalling content to the full size of the browser.
http://code.google.com/p/as3-fullscreen-lib/ - coordy - An Actionscript 3 Layout Framework.
http://code.google.com/p/coordy/ - vectorvision - Vectors in papervision3D.
http://code.google.com/p/vectorvision/ - WiiFlash - Communication between the Wiimote and Flash.
http://code.google.com/p/wiiflash/ - Stats - A simple info box that will help you monitor your code performance.
http://code.google.com/p/mrdoob/wiki/stats - Flash-Optimizing-Tools - APIs that can help optimize a Flash application
http://github.com/EladElrom/Flash-Optimizing-Tools/ - twitterscript - Twitter API in ActionScript
http://code.google.com/p/twitterscript/ - oauth-as3 - OAuth Actionscript library (useful for Twitter clients).
http://code.google.com/p/oauth-as3/ - OAuth - AS3/Flex OAuth Library (useful for Twitter clients).
http://github.com/srohde/OAuth/tree/master - NabaztagAPI - Nabaztag API wrapper for Actionscript 3.
http://www.iotashan.com/NabaztagExplorer/ - SWFObject - Standards-friendly method to embed Flash content using one JavaScript file.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ - tweetr - AS3 Twitter API
http://code.google.com/p/tweetr/ - myLib - A powerful open source framework designed for advanced components programming with Adobe Flash AS3 projects.
http://mylib.samystudio.net/ - as3scribdlib - ActionScript 3.0 API for Scribd
http://code.google.com/p/as3scribdlib/ - FDOT - A collection of ActionScript 3 classes that make hard things easier.
http://onflash.org/ted/2009/08/fdot-making-hard-things-easier.php - xpath-as3 - An XPath implementation for ActionScript 3.0
http://code.google.com/p/xpath-as3/ - DirectorAS3 - Library for SlideShowPro Director
http://www.tuftandco.net/DirectorAS3/ - SWX - The Native Data Format for Adobe Flash
http://code.google.com/p/swx-format/ - openplatform-flash - AS3 client library for The Guardian Open Platform
http://code.google.com/p/openplatform-flash/ - ARTionscript - An AS3 ‘Generative Art’ Framework
http://artionscript.com/ - ffffound-as3-api - FFFFOUND! (unofficial) AS3 API
http://toki-woki.net/blog/p336-ffffound-as3-api - colormunch - Actionscript (AS3) library for the Adobe Kuler API
http://code.google.com/p/colormunch/ - GpxAS3 - A library for parsing and manipulating GPX (GPS Exchange Format) files.
http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3/tree - gaforflash - Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash
http://code.google.com/p/gaforflash/ - minimalcomps - Minimal ActionScript 3.0 code only UI components (Keith Peters)
http://code.google.com/p/minimalcomps/ - HYPE Framework - A collaborative visual framework (Branden Hall and Joshua Davis)
http://hype.joshuadavis.com/ - TempoLite - A small, efficient media library
http://blog.coursevector.com/tempolite - SoundManager - Makes adding sounds to your projects super simple
http://evolve.reintroducing.com/2008/07/15/news/as3-soundmanager/ - TextFlowPro - Enables you to flow a series of textfields together so that they act as a single text container
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2009/01/editable_multif.html - AnimatedBitmap - Provides functionality for Bitmap objects that are animated by using a series of still images
http://blog.hexagonstar.com/animatedbitmapclass/ - Active Window Blur
http://blog.onebyonedesign.com/?p=81 - SWFsize - Works with SWFObject and provides control over the swf’s container metrics
http://chargedweb.com/swfsize/ - as3-signals - Signals is a new approach for AS3 events, inspired by C# events and signals/slots in Qt
http://wiki.github.com/robertpenner/as3-signals/ - swffit - Not an AS3 library, but a JavaScript file that adds scrollbars to the browser when smaller than a specified size
http://swffit.millermedeiros.com/ - libscorm - Not an AS3 library, but a JavaScript library for creating SCORM 2004 courses in Flash or HTML
http://code.google.com/p/libscorm/ - pipwerks.SCORM - Adding basic SCORM functionality to an existing Flash file
http://pipwerks.com/2008/04/27/how-to-add-basic-scorm-code-to-a-flash-movie/ - custom-context-menu - Capture right-click events in Flash / Flex (AS 3)
http://code.google.com/p/custom-context-menu/ - Library & LibraryManager - For using external assets in your flash projects.
http://www.tink.ws/blog/library-librarymanager/ - DataStructures - HaXe/AS3 library for game developers
http://code.google.com/p/polygonal/ - miditoflash - Receive midi events in Flash from any midi device through Java and JavaScript
http://code.google.com/p/miditoflash/ - ASBlender - Actionscript 3 library for reading Blender .blend files
http://wiki.github.com/timknip/asblender/ - OpenPyro - An Open Source ActionScript 3 framework built for creating Rich Internet Applications
http://www.openpyro.org/ - TurboSignals - A library implementing the signals and slots design pattern
http://jacksondunstan.com/turbosignals - evoTinyEngine - Demo scene engine
http://www.simppa.fi/blog/opensource-demo-engine-evotinyengine/ - FlashSURF - SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features) feature extraction library written in Flash using Alchemy
http://code.google.com/p/in-spirit/wiki/FlashSurf - XML-RPC - Easy way to get Flash to transfer data with an XML-RPC endpoint
http://danielmclaren.net/2007/08/03/xmlrpc-for-actionscript-30-free-library - as3-rpclib - Actionscript 3 RPC libraries for flash-remoting(amf0), xml-rpc, json-rpc
http://code.google.com/p/as3-rpclib/ - as3swf - Low level Actionscript 3 library to parse, create, modify and publish SWF files.
http://github.com/claus/as3swf - BrowserCanvas - The World’s Easiest Way to Dynamically Resize Flash
http://www.dncompute.com/blog/2008/06/23/browsercanvas-the-worlds-easiest-way-to-dynamically-resize-flash.html - Chain - Delayed function calling
http://blog.stroep.nl/2009/11/delayed-function-calling-chain/ - App Analytics - Complete analyrics solution for Adobe AIR applications
http://www.appanalyticshq.com/ - governor - A multithreading script engine
http://code.google.com/p/governor/ - mojocolors - An Actionscript 3 color library inspired by the great Nodebox Colors library
http://code.google.com/p/mojocolors/ - flashdraw3d - A very lightweight 3d drawing API for Flash
http://code.google.com/p/flashdraw3d/ - Sprouts - An open-source, cross-platform project generation and configuration tool
http://projectsprouts.org/ - ZaaIL - 40+ Image format support for Flash
http://www.zaalabs.com/2010/04/introducing-zaail-40-image-format-support-for-flash/ - MouseWheelTrap - A fix for unwanted simultaneous Flash and browser scrolling behaviour in AS3
http://code.google.com/p/mousewheeltrap/ - FLVSlicer - A simple FLV slicer and merger
http://code.google.com/p/flvslicer/ - Fluxus - AS3/Flex library registry similar to Ruby Gems
http://fluxusproject.org/ - EventController - Event Management made easy
http://fla.as/ec/ - as3-jaws - Just Another (AS3) Web Service Client (for .NET web service)
http://code.google.com/p/as3-jaws/ - CJSignals - ActionScript 3.0 Observer Framework (a new approach for ActionScript 3.0 events)
http://code.google.com/p/cjsignals/ - Reflex - A light weight component framework being built for the Flash Platform
http://reflex.io/ - Merapi - A bridge between AIR and Java
http://www.merapiproject.net/ - AS3-P2P-LIB - ActionScript 3 Lib for the new P2P API in Flash Player 10
http://github.com/devboy/AS3-P2P-LIB - dropbox-as3 - ActionScript 3 Dropbox API
http://code.google.com/p/dropbox-as3/ - TransformManager (AS3) – Interactively Scale/Rotate/Move DisplayObjects (Commerical)
http://www.greensock.com/transformmanageras3/
