# Rive

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Rive and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People see it as a possible modern Flash replacement for interactive vector animation, with scripting and game use. The most common caveat is that gated features and subscription pricing put some off, with no offline use.

## Why people recommend it

- Possible modern Flash replacement (5 comments): "Rive is the closest tool with the highest potential to be a Flash replacement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47261172)) "modern day reimaginings for many multimedia workflows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770138)) "Rive is closest sonce they have scripring support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259087))

## What people warn about

- Gated features and subscription pricing (3 comments): "Seeing the gated features makes me hesitant, unfortunately, but definitely considering this!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634868)) "Rive looks pretty nice, but a subscription pricing model without any option for offline use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259822)) "I could not export my animation unless I upgraded to a paid plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47257621))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://rive.app/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rive", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rive/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).