Adobe AIR (formerly Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-operating-system runtime that provides developers with a consistent and flexible development environment. It allows developers to combine HTML, JavaScript, Adobe Flash and Flex technologies, and ActionScript to deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on a broad range of devices including desktop computers, netbooks, tablets, smartphones, and TVs.
Adobe AIR allows developers to use familiar tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flash Professional, or any text editor to build their applications and easily deliver a single application installer that works across operating systems.
Adobe AIR runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet OS and powers millions of browser games and over 50,000 mobile games. Notable applications built with Adobe AIR include eBay Desktop, Pandora One desktop, TweetDeck, the former Adobe Media Player, Angry Birds, and Machinarium, among other multimedia and task management applications.
As of June 2019, Adobe has announced that HARMAN (a wholly‐owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Adobe AIR partner) will handle platform support and feature development for AIR. Support for AIR has been discontinued by Adobe at the end of 2020, and will be managed by HARMAN.
Please note that the runtimes are provided free for end users. For SDK subscribers, there are a couple of options. Free plan is offered for revenue cap of less than $50k/year, and 3 pricing tiers for more than $50k/year.Key Features
- Deliver console-quality games
- Produce stunning media
- Develop high-performance apps
Download Adobe AIR Runtime
Download for Mac OS X
Download Adobe AIR Runtime including WebKit
Download for Mac OS X
The latest AIR runtimes do not include a custom build of WebKit, instead they use a WebView style component provided by each operating system. This can cause some issues though, so in some cases it may be necessary to not update to the latest versions, instead using the below builds of the AIR runtime which include the original WebKit libraries.
Download Adobe AIR SDK
Last Update: November 10, 2024
License: Freeware
Languages: Multiple Languages
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 / Server 2008
Mac OS X 10.7 or later
Linux
Developer: HARMAN
Homepage: Harman.com