


As of 15 February, 2023, community statistics on the language's official website show more than 123 million projects shared by over 103 million users, over 804 million total projects ever created (including unshared projects), and more than 95 million monthly website visits. Scratch is taught and used in after-school centers, schools, and colleges, as well as other public knowledge institutions. The service is developed by the MIT Media Lab, has been translated into 70+ languages, and is used in most parts of the world. Projects can be exported to standalone HTML5, Android apps, Bundle (macOS) and EXE files using external tools. Users on the site, called Scratchers, can create projects on the website using a block-like interface. 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 8 to 16. Logo, Smalltalk, HyperCard, StarLogo, AgentSheets, AgentCubes, EtoysĬatrobat, ScratchJr, Snap !, mBlock, Turtlestitch Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux (via renderer), HTML5(via web browser), iOS, iPadOS, and Android.īSD 3-Clause, GPLv2 and Scratch Source Code License HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (Scratch 3.0) Scratch 3.29.1 (offline editor) / February 27, 2022 13 months ago ( ).Scratch 3.0 (online editor) / January 2, 2019 4 years ago ( ).
