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Scratch

Programming language learning environment

Softwarevisual programming language free software educational technologyQ275131

Also known as scratch.mit.edu

Developer: MIT Media Lab
Founded: 2003
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1.scratch.mit.edu/about
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Latest version: 3.0
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1.“Scratch 3.0 is here!”scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/326861/Retrieved 2019-01-02
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, 2.0
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1.“Scratch 2.0 will be released on May 9”scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/23274/Retrieved 2015-12-24
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, 3.11.1
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1.scratch.mit.edu/download
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Written in: Squeak
, ActionScript
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1.github.com/EvanLi/Github-Ranking/blob/master/Data/github-ranking-2025-07-06.csv
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, Blockly
License: 3-clause BSD License
Operating system: Microsoft Windows
, macOS
, Android
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Website: scratch.mit.edu

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Scratch is a high-level, block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children as an educational tool, with a target audience of ages 5 to 16. Users can create projects on the website using a block-like interface. Scratch was conceived and designed through collaborative National Science Foundation grants awarded to Mitchel Resnick and Yasmin Kafai.

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File extension: sb
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1.fr.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Extension_de_fichier_.sb
2.en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_File_Format_(1.4)/Project_File
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1.fr.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Sprite
2.en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_File_Format_(2.0)#Sprite_Files
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1.fr.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Sprite
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Influenced by: Logo
Etoys
StarLogo
AgentSheets
Maintained by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1.scratchfoundation.org
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Programming paradigm: event-driven programming
visual programming language
Uses: multiple languages
Named after: scratching
Social media followers: 117,294(February 8, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15538226
111,052(February 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15538226
102,902(January 8, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15538226
68,178(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15538226
Copyright status: copyrighted
Mascot: Scratch Cat
Search formatter URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=$1 language: English
Media type: application/x.scratch.sb3
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1.en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_File_Format
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Official app: Scratch Offline Editor
Has version, edition or translation: Scratch 3.0
Has use: computer programming
education

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