han-isn/flashvault

FlashVault is a desktop app for people who miss old Flash games, the kind that used to run in web browsers before Flash was discontinued. It lets you browse a catalog of these games pulled from the Flashpoint Archive, a project dedicated to preserving them, and then either play them directly or save them to your own computer so you can play offline later. You can also import your own local .swf game files, which is the file format Flash games are stored in, and organize them into your personal collection. The games themselves run using Ruffle, a separate project that lets modern computers play old Flash content safely, since browsers no longer support Flash directly. Save progress inside games is stored only on your own computer, with no user accounts and nothing sent to any cloud service. Under the hood, FlashVault is built with Tauri, a framework for building small desktop apps using web technology for the interface and Rust for the parts that need to run fast and directly on your computer, such as talking to a local database and downloading files. The project also includes a separate landing page for marketing the app itself. Your saved games and library data are stored in a standard application folder that differs slightly depending on whether you use macOS, Windows, or Linux. To try it out, macOS users can install it through Homebrew with a couple of terminal commands, or download a ready made version from the project's GitHub Releases page. Developers who want to build it from source need Node.js and Rust installed, and the README provides specific commands for running the desktop app, a browser based demo, the landing page, tests, and full release builds. The project is released under the MIT license, and the README notes that the Flashpoint Archive's own content and branding still belong to their original owners.