While the Adobe Flash Player Projector Content Debugger is the "official" way to handle SWF files, the community has moved toward . Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust that runs natively in modern browsers and on desktops. However, for complex ActionScript 3.0 projects, the official Adobe Content Debugger remains the most compatible and accurate tool available.

Since Adobe blocked Flash content from running in browsers in early 2021, the Projector has become the primary way to access "Flash-based" legacy software. The Debugger version is particularly useful for: