Awesome ActionScript 3

URL: https://github.com/robinrodricks/awesome-actionscript3#readme
Category: Themed directories
Tags: programming-languages, actionscript, awesome-lists

Overview

Awesome ActionScript 3 is a curated, community-maintained directory of libraries, components, tools, and resources for the ActionScript 3 programming language and Adobe AIR runtime. It focuses on helping developers build cross‑platform desktop and mobile applications and games with AIR and AS3.

Key Focus

• ActionScript 3 language ecosystem
• Adobe AIR desktop and mobile app development
• Game and graphics development (including GPU‑accelerated workflows)
• Extensions and native integrations via Air Native Extensions (ANEs)

Features

• Curated Resource List
  A structured collection of notable libraries, frameworks, components, and tools for ActionScript 3 and Adobe AIR.

• Adobe AIR & AS3 Coverage
  Resources oriented around:

  • Cross‑platform desktop and mobile application development using Adobe AIR
  • Game development in ActionScript 3
  • Use of AIR’s built‑in features (file system, SQLite, sensors, etc.)

• Support for Native Integrations (ANEs)
  Highlights and supports the pattern of extending AIR with ANEs written in native languages such as:

  • VC++ for Windows
  • Java for Android
  • Swift/Objective‑C for iOS

• Graphics & UI Framework Ecosystem
  Points developers to popular frameworks and UI toolkits, such as:

  • Starling for GPU‑rendered 2D graphics and games
  • Feathers UI as an optional UI framework on top of Starling

• Development Tools Section
  Includes both commercial and free/open source tools, organized into subcategories (placeholders in the repository that are populated via the curated list):

  • Code Editors
  • Live Debuggers
  • Asset Creators
  • SWF Obfuscators
  • SWF Inspectors

• Community Contributions
  Open contribution model where users can request additions or updates via GitHub Issues and pull requests, guided by a CONTRIBUTING document.

• Supplementary Docs
  Additional markdown files such as EXTRAS.md for extra links or categories and a clear LICENSE for reuse of the list.

Licensing

• Distributed under an open license (see the repository’s LICENSE file for details).

Pricing

• Not a commercial product or paid service.
• Access to the list and repository is free; no pricing plans apply.