Adobe Apollo, now known as Adobe® AIR™, is a cross-operating system runtime that permits developers to use their existing web development skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop. It facilitates developers to use their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash and Flex to further develop and install rich Internet applications to the desktop. It has a rich set of features, with support for building Flash based applications.

Adobe Apollo applications can read from and write to local files, combine data from multiple network resources, and maintain local data on the desktop. It is a new technology that offers a better way to hold the attention of customers with innovative, branded desktop applications. Moreover Adobe Apollo enables developers to produce applications that combine the core benefits of web applications such as rich media content, and strengths of desktop applications such as personal settings, local resource access, and powerful functionality.

For end users, Adobe Apollo means applications that are easier and more fun to use. Apollo applications can easily run as regular applications, and do not require to be run within another application or shell.

Today, Adobe Apollo is widely used by many leading industries. It enables online service provider to develop contemporary desktop applications that can further enable them to deliver content in a dynamic manner that people can enjoy, customise and share.