🆚 Adobe Flash vs. GSAP

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Animation technology
JavaScript library

About

Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a discontinued multimedia software platform for creating animations and interactive apps.

GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is an open-source JavaScript animation library that enables developers to create high-performance, cross-browser animations for HTML elements, CSS properties, SVG, canvas, and JavaScript objects.

It includes a fast, low-level tweening engine with advanced timeline sequencing, custom easing, motion paths, and optional plugins such as ScrollTrigger and Draggable for scroll-based and interactive effects.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Animation › Rank #6
Animation › Rank #5
Legacy › Rank #5
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #38

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The GSAP JavaScript library is 1.6 times more popular than Adobe Flash.
Total websites

Market share

Animation

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GSAP is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Adobe Flash is more popular in Russia, China, and Ukraine.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
Italy
France
Spain
India
Russia
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GSAP is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services, while Adobe Flash is more commonly used on entertainment, blogs and wiki, and general news sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Travel
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#199
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Rank
#1,009
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See also

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