Aviary is a proprietary

Proprietary software

Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...

 web-based multi-media application suite that is free to use and currently under development by Worth1000

Worth1000

Worth1000 is an image manipulation and contest website. Worth1000 opened on January 1, 2002 and hosts over 340,000 unique images made in theme contests such as "Rejected Transformers", "Invisible World", and "Stupid Protests". In mid-2003, Worth1000 began hosting similar competitions for...

. They are using the Adobe Flex

Adobe Flex

Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...

 platform for most of their tools. The exceptions are the instant loading mark-up tool Falcon (developed in Flash

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...

 without using any frameworks) and the instant loading image edit tool Feather (developed in HTML5) and their platform independent photo effect filter sandbox (developed in the cloud

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

). The individual tool names are bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

-themed, hence the suite name. The scope of proposed tools has drawn comparisons to the Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

. Aviary exited their invitation-only beta in October, 2008 and announced subscription plans for private collaboration under their blue plan (since extended to all members free of charge.) But the blue badge still remains a sign of support.

For Everyone

• Phoenix
  Phoenix (mythology)
  The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
  
   - Advanced Image Editor. An web-based image editor that can be utilized by anyone looking to retouch and manipulate a photo. From basic image editing to manipulating complex effects, Phoenix delivers essential key features available in powerful desktop clients right through your browser.
• Peacock
  Peafowl
  Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female...
  
   - Node based visual laboratory Peacock is a tool with depth and endless possibilities like dragging, dropping, and connecting generators, effects, resources, and controllers. Users can create stunning art by combining terrains, patterns, computational effects, and more.
• Toucan
  Toucan
  Toucans are members of the family Ramphastidae of near passerine birds from the Neotropics. The family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species...
  
   - Color swatches and palettes creator
• Rookery - Codename for the file system utilized by Aviary.
• Raven - Vector editor. Raven allows users to create fully scalable vector art appropriate for logos, T-shirt designs, and much more.
• Talon - Chrome & Firefox Screen Capture Add-On. It will perform a screen capture of the visible portion of any webpage and then open the capture instantly in a basic image editor where you can do markup (draw arrows and rectangles), edit (crop, rotate and resize) and get the exact pixel colors of the image.
• Falcon
  Falcon
  A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
  
   - Image Markup. Falcon can be used for resizing, cropping, rotating, and other simple editing. Falcon runs lightning fast even on the slowest connections, which makes for great results and sharing in no time!
• Myna
  Myna
  The myna is a bird of the starling family . This is a group of passerine birds which occur naturally only in southern and eastern Asia...
  
   - Audio editor Myna is a powerful audio editing tool used to remix your favorite songs or record your own.
• Roc - Beat generator. With over 50 free instruments, users can create simple beats or an masterpiece with a simple point and click interface

Old style

When Aviary new applications were introduced, they got the alpha testing status. This meant that only 'Pro members' could use them. At the moment there are no new applications under alpha testing; all applications in the suite are free to use for everyone.

New style

On April 18, 2011 Aviary reinvented Alpha testing on their website. Instead of only letting 'Pro members' use the new Alpha versions, everyone could use them. And instead of launching new and unknown tools, they launched new versions of the existing tools with the changes that were suggested by the community and got the most votes.

Announced

• Dodo
  Dodo
  The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground....
  
  , branded as a "web-based time machine
  Time travel
  Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
  
  " and announced on April 1, 2008, was later revealed to be an April Fools joke.
• Crane
  Crane
  Crane or cranes may be:* Crane , an industrial machinery for lifting** Container crane, a machine for lifting intermodal containers** Crane , a crane suited to use on railroads* Crane , a large, long-necked bird...
  
  , branded as the web’s first paper-based image editor was announced on April 1, 2009. But was later revealed to be an April Fools joke.
• Birdstore, promoted as their killer business model was announced on April 1, 2010. But was later revealed to be an April Fools joke.
• Parrot
  Parrot
  Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
  
  , branded as the voice-activated actions enhancement for the Aviary suite. It was announced on April 1, 2011. But was later revealed to be an April Fools joke.