# AS3 Free IDE?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-free-ide/298090>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 13, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-free-ide/298090 "2009-10-13T15:39:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Remex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alpha\_Remex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alpha_Remex)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-free-ide/298090/1 "2009-10-13T15:39:29Z")

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Hey everyone - I use Flash CS4 for AS3 programming, but I just hired an employee and I need to teach him the language. I’d like to do that without buying Flex or Flash at first…

Is there an open source IDE we can use?

Thanks,  
AR