Flash Player for the Web

Easily play flash content across the web!
What is Flash Player for the Web?
"Flash Player for the Web" is a Chrome extension that allows users to play flash content across the web using the Ruffle emulator. It comes with an ON|OFF switch on a toolbar popup for easy enabling or disabling. Users can turn on the extension when navigating to a webpage with flash content and then click the 'ON' button. There are ongoing enhancements since the extension is still in development.

Extension stats

By: Benni
Users: 100,000+
Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2023-09-12)
Creation date: 2018-05-27
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 9.21M

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Flash Player for the Web Flash (v1.0.1)
3.70 (3) 3,438+
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Extension summary

Flash Player for the Web is an extension that lets you play flash content across the web via a JavaScript flash emulator. Toolbar popup has an ON|OFF switch to enable or disable the addon.

This extension uses the Ruffle emulator (https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle) to compile and play flash. Toolbar popup has an ON|OFF switch to quickly enable or disable the addon. By default, the addon is disabled. Please navigate to a webpage with flash content, then, open the toolbar popup and press on the - ON - button (with red F symbol). All the flash content should start to play. Please note that there might be some bugs in playing flash as this addon is still a work in progress. To turn off the addon, please press the - OFF - button via the toolbar popup.

To report bugs, please open the addon's homepage and fill out the bug report form: https://mybrowseraddon.com/flash-player-for-the-web.html

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works perfectly in combination with Ruffle
  • Some users found it to be the only Flash extension that actually worked
  • No significant performance issues reported, with some noting micro-pause issues were resolved
  • Positive feedback from multiple users appreciating its functionality
  • Ease of use for various websites
Cons
  • Some users reported that it doesn't work and received messages about Flash being unsupported
  • Issues with needing to manually turn it on multiple times
  • Increased irrelevant YouTube video suggestions for some users
  • Permissions for site access raised concerns among users
  • Mixed reviews about performance leading to some frustration
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly
  • Doesn't work / Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported
  • Default ON version requested
  • Best Flash add-on ever used
  • Concerns about permissions and access
Recent reviews
Funcionou! Para quem tá em dúvida, é só clicar no négocio de extenções, clicar no ícone do F e depois clicar no ON. O único problema é que a maioria dos jogos flash online usavam o Ruffles, e o Ruffles não consegue carregar os jogos por que vários jogos que usam flash e Ruffles sairam do ar
by Miguel Ferreira, 2024-11-10

Doesn't work
by Leo Yakovlev, 2024-08-18

It works perfectly, but I have Ruffle, and Flash player for web mixed together, just to make sure it works! :D
by SwayVayUwU, 2024-07-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Flash Player for the Web does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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