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Scratch

Create stories, games, and animations, share with others around the world.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and the web
  • Open source

Overview

Scratch is a programming language, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and the web.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Scratch is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-3-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Few recent updates

About

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.NOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by the MIT Media Lab.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Wikidata (source code, licence, platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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