[转]AS3 Code Libraries (APIs)

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Here is a round up of some of the most popular ActionScript 3.0 (AS3) libraries out there to use. Let me know if I have missed an important one off.

NOTE: This list was originally for my personal use (that I thought I would share), it is not intended to compete with or replace the list maintained by OSFlash or RIAForge.

Update 29/10/08: Ted Patrick has put together a list of ActionScript Cloud/Service APIs that he going to highlight during his Adobe MAX 2008 keynote presentation.

Update 28/11/08: I have just come across the Actionscript Classes website. A very handy resource.

Update 11/01/09: Rich Tretola has a small list of AS3 Libs on his blog EverythingFlex.

Update 12/01/09: The Flashchemist has compiled a similar list on his blog.

Update 27/02/09: Check out Spark Project which includes the FLARToolkit for Augmented Reality

Update 11/08/09: I just stumbled across this (old) list of projects.

Update 19/12/09: Sean “theflexguy” Moore has just written a blog entry called ‘List of 34 More ActionScript 3.0 APIs‘. This is a follow-up to his original post ‘List of 22 ActionScript 3.0 API’s‘.

Update 22/12/09: “30+ ‘Must Try’ Open Source Actionscript 3 Libraries” and “30 MORE Awesome Open Source AS3 Libraries”

Update 28/01/10: “30 Classes AS3 bem úteis!”

Update 29/01/10: “15 Awesome ActionScript 3 Frameworks To Inspire Your Next Project”

Update 24/02/10: Emanuele Feronato has a good list of Isometric Engines on his blog

Update 19/03/10: Tom Krcha has posted a list of Flash Gaming Engines, plus a few othersthat were new to me

Update 09/07/10: FluxDb has a huge list of AS3 Libraries

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 – 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/
• noob3d
  http://blog.badnoob.com/
  
• Adobe ”Molehill”
  http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash/molehill/
• Sophie 3D - A Flash 3D Component that enables you to publish interactive 3D content online
  http://www.sophie3d.com
• zest3d – Open source realtime 3D engine for Adobe Flash
  http://zest3d.digital-glue.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 – 
  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
• nape - caXe/haXe/AS3 physics engine
  http://code.google.com/p/nape/
• WCK – Box2d Flash Alchemy Port + World Construction Kit (AS3 Physics Engine)
  http://www.sideroller.com/wck/

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/
• tonfall – Tiny AS3 Audio Framework
  http://code.google.com/p/tonfall/
• standingwave – Flash/Flex library for high-level audio synthesis
  http://code.google.com/p/standingwave/
• Tone Class – AS3 Sound Synthesis
  Part I http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2660
  Part II http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2669
  Part III http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2675
  Part IV http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2681
• SoundFX – Out-of-the-box audio filters with ActionScript 3
  http://www.anttikupila.com/flash/soundfx-out-of-the-box-audio-filters-with-actionscript-3/
• ALF - Audio Processing Library for Flash
  http://music.ece.drexel.edu/ALF
• as3sfxr - A port of the C++ app sfxr to AS3. Generates custom retro game sound effects
  http://code.google.com/p/as3sfxr/
  http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/
• as3lameencoder – Lame MP3 Encoder running in Adobe AIR 2.0
  http://code.google.com/p/as3lameencoder/
• as3wavsound – AS3WavSound (AWS) provides native support to play .wav files directly in Flash
  http://code.google.com/p/as3wavsound/
• MicRecorder – A tiny microphone library
  http://www.bytearray.org/?p=1858
• Shine-MP3-Encoder-on-AS3-Alchemy – Flash/Alchemy port of the lightweight Shine MP3 Encoder
  https://github.com/kikko/Shine-MP3-Encoder-on-AS3-Alchemy
• Pitch MP3 – Change speed of sound in realtime (Not PitchShift!)
  http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2009/pitch-mp3/
• PitchShifter - Real-time pitch shifting (without change of duration)
  http://iq12.com/blog/2009/08/25/real-time-pitch-shifting/
• soundtouch-as3 – AS3 Port of the SoundTouch Sound Processing Library
  https://github.com/also/soundtouch-as3

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

• LoaderMax – Smart AS3 Loading
  http://www.greensock.com/loadermax/
• BulkLoader – A library for managing multiple loadings with Actionscript 3 (AS3).
  http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/
• 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/
• AssetLoader – A simple to use library that allows you to load multiple assets at the same time
  http://doesflash.com/assetloader/

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/
• 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/

Website Frameworks

• Gaia – An open-source front-end Flash Framework for AS3 and AS2 designed to dramatically reduce development time
  http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/
• flashflowfactory – Helps you to easily setup a Flash website
  http://blog.stroep.nl/2010/10/introducing-flashflowfactory/

Debug / Stats / Trace / Output Panels

• flash-tracer – Vizzy Flash Tracer that shows Flash Player debug content and log
  http://code.google.com/p/flash-tracer/
• De MonsterDebugger – An open source debugger for Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR
  http://demonsterdebugger.com/
• Arthropod – The easy Flash and AIR Debugger
  http://arthropod.stopp.se/
• Alcon – A lightweight debugging tool for ActionScript developers
  http://blog.hexagonstar.com/downloads/alcon/
• SWFProfiler – FPS and memory usage monitor
  http://www.lostinactionscript.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/06/as3-swf-profiler/
• FlashPreloadProfiler – an open source multi-purpose profiler designed to help productivity and stability during development
  http://jpauclair.net/FlashPreloadProfiler/
• LogWatcher – Adds a view to Eclipse that allows log files to be monitored for changes
  http://graysky.sourceforge.net/
• ThunderBoltAS3 – Logging ActionScript projects using Firebug within Firefox
  https://github.com/sectore/ThunderBoltAS3
• ThunderBoltAS3Console – Logging ActionScript projects using Firebug within Firefox
  https://github.com/sectore/ThunderBoltAS3Console
• FlashTracer – Mozilla Firefox Extension
  http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/flashtracer/
• Hi-ReS! Stats – Performance Monitor
  https://github.com/mrdoob/Hi-ReS-Stats
• SWFConsole – A free developer tool for Flash AS3 projects that gives you output in all environments
  http://rohanlatimer.com.au/swfconsole/
• Flash-Console – Flash AS3, logger, debugger, console
  http://code.google.com/p/flash-console/
• $.console – Make Actionscript 3 debugging easier and more portable
  http://www.uza.lt/2007/08/25/console-flash-debugging-console/
• Xray – The AdminTool
  http://osflash.org/xray
• Console.as – Debugging AS3 With Firebug’s Console
  http://marumushi.com/news/debugging-as3-with-firebugs-console
• LuminicBox.Log – Logging API for AS2 and AS3
  http://code.google.com/p/luminicbox-log/
• Kap Inspect
  http://lab.kapit.fr/display/kapinspect/Kap+Inspect
• Output.as – An output class from Senocular
  http://www.senocular.com/flash/actionscript/?file=ActionScript_3.0/com/senocular/utils/Output.as
• PV3DDebug – View critical Papervision stats
  http://jasonbejot.com/easier-dev-with-pv3ddebug
• ReflexUtil – Runtime debugger for adobe flex components
  http://code.google.com/p/reflexutil/

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.