The Best 48 Scratch Alternatives

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    TheCodePlayer

    TheCodePlayer is a new concept to make learning front end technologies easier. Code typed is played back like a video with output rendering making conceptual and process based learning butter-easy.

    Free Web

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    RubyMonk

    RubyMonk will teach you the syntax, idioms, and even the philosophy behind effective Ruby use in an interactive, Codecademy-like interface. As of now, RubyMonk is completely free to use.

    Free Web

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    Wonderfl

    wonderfl is a service where you can build Flash(swf) online.

    Free Web

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    Waterbear

    Visual block syntax for programming languages. Waterbear is a Scratch-like visual programming language for JavaScript.

    Free Open Source Web

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    JavaScript Playground

    The JavaScript Playground is a blog centered around short, specific posts aimed to improve a reader's knowledge of JavaScript, either written or provided as a screencast.

    Free Web

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    S2JS

    S2JS answers the question of where to go after Scratch. S2JS is a tutorial that guides kids writing Javascript games that can run directly on their smartphones or any...

    Free Web

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    TREPL

    The main goal of this website is to provide a simple to use tool that will enable users to easily discover how computer programs work under the hood..

    Free Web

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    Project Anarchy

    Project Anarchy is a complete end to end game engine and state-of-the-art toolset for mobile. Project Anarchy includes an entirely free license to ship your game on iOS...

    Free Windows

  • Minko icon

    Minko

    3D. Everywhere. Minko is a technology to develop and design rich, interactive and universal 3D applications targeting computers, web browsers and mobile platforms. ...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

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    ENIGMA

    ENIGMA Development Environment -- A very high level language, compiled into a less high level language.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    fabric engine

    Fabric Engine is a platform for developing high-performance custom tools for visual effects, games, real-time visualization and VR/AR work.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Marmalade

    Marmalade is an award winning, cross-platform development tool built around the belief that developers should be free to innovate, create and craft fantastic content for...

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Windows RT

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    SnapCode

    SnapCode is a free Java IDE for education. SnapCode makes it easy to quickly build apps for the desktop and browser that are graphically rich and feature complete.

    Free Mac OS X Windows

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    Invader Maker

    Invader Maker turns out to be something like Mario Bros meets Space Invaders. It's a classic 2d - single screen - platform game creator. The combinations you can...

    Commercial Windows

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    Crunchy

    Crunchy is an application that formats and delivers html-written Python tutorials inside a browser window, adding interactive elements and snazzy navigation.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    EarSketch

    EarSketch is a website to teach coding (Python & JavaScript) to beginners through music composition. It's a free platform that works on all browsers.

    Free Web

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    Toontalk

    Describes ToonTalk - an animated interactive world inside of which children can build programs and games. ToonTalk is a computer programming system intended to be programmed by children. The "Toon" part stands for cartoon.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web